From walnuts to computer monitors: 40 items that will be cheaper due to cut in GST rates
The 40 items on which the GST rate has been reduced include food items such as walnuts, dried tamarind, idli or dosa batter, custard powder to plastic raincoats, saree fall, textile caps, etc.
Key highlights:
- GST Council decided to reduce the GST rate on 40 common use items
- Food items include walnuts, dried tamarind, idli or dosa batter, etc.
- It also includes clothing material and other items
The GST Council late on Saturday took the decision to revise the goods and service tax (GST) rate on mid-size cars, large cars and SUVs by an increase of 2-7%. While it increase the tax on certain car segment, the council also decided to reduce the GST rate on 40 other items.
The included from food items such as walnuts, dried tamarind, idli or dosa batter, custard powder to plastic raincoats, saree fall, textile caps, computer monitors upto 20 inch, kitchen gas lighters and others.
Here is the list of 40 items for which the GST rate has been revised:
|
S. No. |
Description |
Present GST Rate |
Recommended GST rate |
| 1 |
Walnuts, whether or not shelled |
12% |
5% |
| 2 |
Tamarind dried |
12% |
5% |
| 3 |
Roasted Gram |
12% | 5% |
| 4 |
Custard powder |
28% | 18% |
| 5 |
Batters, including idli / dosa batter |
18% | 12% |
| 6 |
Oil cakes |
Nil for cattle feed 5% for other uses | 5% [irrespective of end use] |
| 7 | Cotton seed oil cake | Nil for cattle feed 5% for other uses | Nil [irrespective of end use] |
| 8 | Dhoop batti, dhoop, sambhrani and other similar items | 12% | 5% |
| 9 | Medical grade sterile disposable gloves of plastics | 28% | 18% |
| 10 | Plastic raincoats | 28% | 18% |
| 11 | Rubber bands | 28% | 12% |
| 12 | Rice rubber rolls for paddy de-husking machine | 28% | 18% |
| 13 | Duty Credit Scrips | 12% | 5% |
| 14 | Khadi fabric, sold through Khadi and Village Industrries Commission’s outlets | 5% | Nil |
| 15 | Corduroy fabrics | 12% | 5% [with no refund of ITC] |
| 16 | Saree fall | 12% | 5% |
| 17 | Textile caps | 18% | 12% |
| 18 | Idols made of clay | 28% | Nil |
| 19 | Idols of wood, stone [including marble] and metals [other than those made of precious metals] | 28% | 12% |
| 20 | Rough industrial diamonds including unsorted rough diamonds | 3% | 0.25% |
| 21 | Nozzles for drip irrigation equipment or sprinklers [mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders] | 18% | 12% |
| 22 | Charkha for hand spinning of yarns, including amber charkha | Nil / 18% | Nil |
| 23 | Computer monitors upto 20” Note: Computer monitors upto 17” are already at 18% | 28% | 18% |
| 24 | Cotton quilts | 18% | 5% on cotton quilts not exceeding Rs.1000 per piece, 12% on cotton quilts exceeding Rs.1000 per piece |
| 25 | Worked corals, other than articles of coral | 28% | 5% |
| 26 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials, bound together, with or without handles. Note: Phool bahari jhadoo is already at Nil GST. | 5% | Nil |
| 27 | Kitchen gas lighters | 28% | 18% |
| 28 | Rosaries and prayer beads | 18% | 5% |
| 29 | Hawan samagri | Applicable rate | 5% |
| 30 | Table and Kitchenware etc. of wood | 18% | 12% |
| 31 | Grass, leaf and reed and fibre products, including mats, pouches, wallets | 12% | 5% |
| 32 | Paper Mache articles | 18% | 5% |
| 33 | Stone inlay work | 28% | 12% |
| 34 | Statues, statuettes, pedestals; high or low reliefs, crosses, figures of animals, bowls, vases, cups, cachou boxes, writing sets, ashtrays, paper weights, artificial fruit and foliage, etc; other ornamental goods essentially of stone. | 28% | 12% |
| 35 | Pots, jars and similar articles of a kind used for the conveyance and packing of goods of ceramic. | 28% | 12% |
| 36 | Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of porcelain or china [including small accessories bathroom or sanitary fittings such as soap dishes, sponge baskets, toothbrush holders, towel hooks and toilet paper holders] | 18% | 12% |
| 37 | Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles other than of porcelain or china [including small accessories bathroom or sanitary fittings such as soap dishes, sponge baskets, toothbrush holders, towel hooks and toilet paper holders]. | 28% | 12% |
| 38 | Statues and other ornamental articles. | 28% | 12% |
| 39 | All goods, including bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments of base metal including metal bidriware; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal. | 18% | 12% |
| 40 | Worked ivory, bone, tortoise shell, horn, antlers, mother of pearl, and other animal carving material and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)]; articles of coral | 28% | 12% |
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