{"id":805,"date":"2017-07-13T18:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gsthelplineindia.com\/blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2018-03-30T06:52:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T06:52:56","slug":"gst-exemption-list-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsthelplineindia.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/13\/gst-exemption-list-india\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Items Exempted From GST in India 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is being hailed by the government as the biggest tax reform in the Indian history since independence, has been implemented in the country on 1st July 2017. The ruling government rolled out GST in a special midnight session<\/p>\n

The ruling government rolled out GST in a special midnight session organized in the central hall of parliament. The event was attended by the President, Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and MPs of both Houses. However, the Congress and several other opposition parties were absent as in to boycott the session.<\/p>\n

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a unified taxation system which has replaced all the indirect taxes levied such as excise, sales tax, VAT, entertainment tax, luxury tax, etc on the transactions of goods and services, from a singular one, the GST.<\/p>\n

Under this new taxation structure, the GST Council has classified all the goods and services into different categories which attract diverse tax rates of 0%, 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%.<\/p>\n

Other than this, there are a few special rates for the goods such as rough precious and semi-precious stones, gold and sin goods(cigarettes) which attract 0.25%, 3% and an additional cess respectively.<\/p>\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
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List of Exempted Products \/ Goods Under GST in India 2018<\/h2>\n

While there are daily use products whose prices will not be changed under this new GST structure. These exempted products or goods are categorized and listed below:<\/p>\n

Under live animals<\/strong> \u2013 All the goods such as live asses, mules and hinnies, live bovine animals, live swine, live sheep and goats, live poultry, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls along with other live animals such as mammals, birds and insects are under GST exempt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meat and edible meat offal<\/strong> \u2013 All the meat products other than in their frozen state and kept in unit packages are exempted from this new tax. List of excluded meat and edible meat offal comprises the meat of bovine animals, swine, sheep or goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, etc. the only condition applies they must be fresh or chilled. In addition to the meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading, pig fat-free of lean meat, and poultry fat-not extracted are also tax free items from GST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading, pig fat-free of lean meat, and poultry fat-not extracted are also excluded items\u00a0from GST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dairy produce<\/strong> \u2013 Exemption on dairy produce includes products made from milk, eggs, and natural honey. The list encompasses fresh milk and Pasteurised milk, separated milk, cream not concentrated and without added sugar or any sweetening matter as well as curd, lassi, buttermilk, Chena or Panner are also excluded from the GST exemption.<\/p>\n

The eggs, birds\u2019 eggs, in The eggs, birds\u2019 eggs, in shell or preserved state are exempted. The only condition on these dairy produces to exempt them from GST, is they should not be in unit containers and bearing a registered brand name.<\/p>\n

Products of animal origin<\/strong> \u2013 Human hair, waste of human hair and semen in the frozen state are under GST exemption.<\/p>\n