Whereas, the draft amendments in SCHEDULES 'A' and 'B' appended to the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005( Act No.12 of 2005) was published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh dated 25th June,2015 for inviting objection(s)/suggestion(s) from the general public, vide this department notification No.EXN-F(10)-20/2014-Loose dated 24th June,2015 as required under section 10 of the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005;

And whereas, no objection(s)/suggestion(s) has been received within the stipulated period in this behalf;

Now, therefore, the Governor, Himachal Pradesh in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 read with sub section(1) of section 6 and section 9 of the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005(Act No.12 of 2005) is pleased to make the following amendments in SCHEDULE-'A' and SCHEDULE-'B' appended to the Act ibid, with effect from 25-07-2015, namely:-

1. AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 'A'

In the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act,2005 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), in SCHEDULE 'A', in Part-II- 'A' , after item No.37 and 66, the following items 37-A and 66-A shall respectively be inserted, namely:-

"37-A Fabrication of body of trucks and buses

66-A LED bulbs .".

2. AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 'B'

In the said Act, in Schedule 'B', after item No.18, the following item shall be inserted, namely:-

"18-A Energy Efficient Chullahs certified by the Energy & Resources Institute(TERI) or approved by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy(MNRE)

By Order

Additional Chief Secretary(E&T) to the

Government of Himachal Pradesh