The Kerala government will seek permission from the GST Council to impose a cess of 10 per cent on the State GST as it looks to rebuild the state ravaged by the devastating floods which could have potentially caused damage worth around Rs 200 billion. The state government has already hiked excise duty on liquor by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent, and coupled with the increased SGST, it expects to raise Rs 7.50 billion on an annual basis, Kerala’s Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said via his social media account.