In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts intra-State supplies of goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Schedule appended to this notification, falling under the tariff item, sub-heading, heading or Chapter, as the case may be, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Schedule, from the whole of the central tax leviable thereon under section 9 of the Central Good and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017).
SCHEDULE
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(2) Description modified By 7/2022-CTR Dt. 13/07/2022
(2) HSN Substituted By 19/2021-CTR Dt. 28/12/2021
(3) Description modified By 7/2022-CTR Dt. 13/07/2022
(2) Entry substituted By 25/2018-CTR Dt. 31/12/2018
(2) Entry Substituted By 19/2021-CTR Dt. 28/12/2021
(2) Description modified By 42/2017-CTR Dt. 14/11/2017
Explanation: This entry does not cover seeds meant for any use other than sowing.
(ii) Khandsari Sugar, other than pre-packaged and labelled
(iii) Rab, other than pre-packaged and labelled
(2) Description modified By 4/2023-CTR Dt. 28/02/2023
(2) Entry Omitted By 19/2021-CTR Dt. 28/12/2021
(2) Description Substituted By 7/2018-CTR Dt. 25/01/2018
(2) Description Substituted By 13/2022-CTR Dt. 30/12/2022
Explanation: The exemption applies to de-oiled rice bran falling under heading 2306 with effect from 25th January, 2018
(2) Entry substituted By 7/2018-CTR Dt. 25/01/2018
(3) Entry Substituted By 19/2018-CTR Dt. 26/7/2018
(2) HSN Substituted By 7/2018-CTR Dt. 25/01/2018
(2) Entry Omitted By 7/2022-CTR Dt. 13/07/2022
(i) Rudraksha, rudraksha mala, tulsi kanthi mala, panchgavya (mixture of cowdung, desi ghee, milk and curd);
(ii) Sacred thread (commonly known as yagnopavit);
(iii) Wooden khadau;
(iv) Panchamrit,
(v) Vibhuti,
(vi) Unbranded honey
(vii) Wick for diya.
(viii) Roli
(ix) Kalava (Raksha sutra)
(x) Chandan tika
Explanation- For the purposes of this notification,-
(i) The phrase "unit container" means a package, whether large or small (for example, tin, can, box, jar, bottle, bag, or carton, drum, barrel, or canister) designed to hold a predetermined quantity or number, which is indicated on such package.
(ii) The expression 'pre-packaged and labelled' means a 'pre-packaged commodity' as defined in clauses (l) of section 2 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010) where, the package in which the commodity is pre-packed or a label securely affixed thereto is required to bear the declarations under the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010) and the rules made thereunder.
Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010) and the rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, the supply of agricultural farm produce in package(s) of commodities containing quantity of more than 25 kilogram or 25 litre shall not be considered as a supply made within the scope of expression 'pre-packaged and labelled.
(iii) "Tariff item", "sub-heading", "heading" and "Chapter" shall mean respectively a tariff item, sub-heading, heading and chapter as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).
(iv) The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification.
(v) The phrase "Government Entity" shall mean an authority or a board or any other body including a society, trust, corporation, which is:
(a) set up by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature; or
(b) established by any Government,
with 90 percent or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out a
function entrusted by the Central Government, State government, Union territory or a local authority.
ANNEXURE I
For foregoing an actionable claim or enforceable right on a brand name,-
(a) the person undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers which bears a brand name shall file an affidavit to that effect with the jurisdictional commissioner of State tax that he is voluntarily foregoing his actionable claim or enforceable right on such brand name as defined in Explanation (ii)(a); and
(b) the person undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers which bear a brand name shall, on each such unit containers, clearly print in indelible ink, both in English and the local language, that in respect of the brand name as defined in Explanation (ii)(a) printed on the unit containers he has foregone his actionable claim or enforceable right voluntarily.
Provided that, if the person having an actionable claim or enforceable right on a brand name and the person undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers are two different persons, then the person having an actionable claim or enforceable right on a brand name shall file an affidavit to that effect with the jurisdictional Commissioner of State tax of the person undertaking packing of such goods that he is voluntarily foregoing his actionable claim or enforceable right on such brand name as defined in Explanation (ii)(a); and he has authorised the person [undertaking packing of such goods in unit containers bearing said brand name] to print on such unit containers in indelible ink, both in English and the local language, that in respect of such brand name he [the person owning the brand name] is voluntarily foregoing the actionable claim or enforceable right voluntarily on such brand name.
ANNEXURE II
List of indigenous handmade musical instruments