<span style="color: #222222;">The Department of Sports has urged the Finance Ministry to make a uniform GST slab of five percent on all sports goods to encourage their manufacturing in the country.<br />''<br />''In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said, his Ministry has been receiving representations from sports goods manufacturers seeking exemption in rate of duty for sports goods under GST regime. He said most of the sports equipment is taxed at a GST rate of 12 percent and only a few attract GST at 18 percent.</span><br />