In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) of section 23 of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Guj.25 of 2017), the Government of Gujarat, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the casual taxable persons making taxable supplies of handicraft goods as mentioned in column (2) of the table appended hereto and the category of persons exempted from obtaining registration under the aforesaid Act:

Provided that the aggregate value of such supplies, to be computed on all India basis, does not exceed an amount of rupees twenty lakhs in a financial year:

Provided further that the aggregate value of such supplies, to be computed on all India basis, does not exceed an amount of rupees ten lakh in case of Special Category States, other than the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

2. The casual taxable persons mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall obtain a Permanent Account Number and generate an e-way bill in accordance with the provisions of rule 138 of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

3. The above exemption shall be available to such persons who are making InterState taxable supplies of handicraft goods and are availing the benefit of notification No. 8/2017 - Integrated Tax dated the 14th September, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.(E), dated the 14thSeptember, 2017.

Explanation - For the purposes of this notification, the expression "handicraft goods" means the products mentioned in column (2) of the Table below and the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) code mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, when made by the craftmen predominantly by hand even though some machinery may also be used in the process:-

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By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

C J Mecwan

Joint Secretary to Government