GST rate changes come into effect on 178 items from today

On 178 items, the GST rate has been brought down from 28% to 18%.

With reduction of rate coming into effect, a consumer shall be charged the revised reduced rates of 18% on these items with effect from Wednesday.

Accordingly, there would be a corresponding reduction in price/MRP on these goods.

Broadly these items are grouped as follows:

v  Wires, cables, insulated conductors, electrical insulators, electrical plugs, switches, sockets, fuses, relays, electrical connectors
v  Electrical boards, panels, consoles, cabinets etc for electric control or distribution
v  Particle/fibre boards and ply wood; articles of wood, wooden frame, paving block
v  Furniture, mattress, bedding and similar furnishing
v  Trunk, suitcase, vanity cases, brief cases, travelling bags and other hand bags, cases
v  Detergents, washing and cleaning preparations
v  Liquid or cream for washing the skin
v  Shampoos; Hair cream, Hair dyes (natural, herbal or synthetic) and similar other goods; henna powder or paste, not mixed with any other ingredient;
v  Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, room deodorisers
v  Perfumes and toilet waters
v  Beauty or make-up preparations
v  Fans, pumps, compressors
v  Lamp and light fitting
v  Primary cell and primary batteries
v  Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of all kinds
v  Articles of plastic, floor covering, baths, shower, sinks, washbasins, seats, sanitary ware of plastic
v  Slabs of marbles and granite
v  Goods of marble and granite such as tiles
v  Ceramic tiles of all kinds
v  Miscellaneous articles such as vacuum flasks, lighters
v  Wrist watches, clocks, watch movements, watch cases, straps, parts
v  Articles of apparel & clothing, accessories of leather, guts, furskin, artificial fur and other articles such as saddlery and harness for any animal
v  Articles of cutlery, stoves, cookers and similar non electric domestic appliances
v  Razor and razor blades
v  Multi-functional printers, cartridges
v  Office or desk equipment
v  Doors, windows and frames of aluminium
v  Articles of plaster such as board, sheet
v  Articles of cement or concrete or stone and artificial stone
v  Articles of asphalt or slate
v  Articles of mica
v  Ceramic flooring blocks, pipes, conduit, pipe fittings
v  Wall paper and wall covering
v  Glass of all kinds and articles thereof such as mirror, safety glass, sheets, glassware
v  Electrical, electronic weighing machinery
v  Fire extinguishers and charges for fire extinguishers
v  Fork lifts, lifting and handling equipment
v  Bull dozers, excavators, loaders, road rollers
v  Earth moving and levelling machinery
v  Escalators
v  Cooling towers, pressure vessels, reactors
v  Crankshaft for sewing machine, tailor’s dummies, bearing housings, gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gaskets
v  Electrical apparatus for radio and television broadcasting
v  Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
v  Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for transports
v  Physical exercise equipment, festival and carnival equipment, swings, shooting galleries, roundabouts, gymnastic and athletic equipment
v  All musical instruments and their parts
v  Artificial flowers, foliage and artificial fruits
v  Explosive, anti-knocking preparation, fireworks
v  Cocoa butter, fat, oil powder
v  Extract, essence and concentrates of coffee, miscellaneous food preparations
v  Chocolates, chewing gum / bubble gum
v  Malt extract and food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract
v  Waffles and wafers coated with chocolate or containing chocolate
v  Rubber tubes and miscellaneous articles of rubber
v  Goggles, binoculars, telescope
v  Cinematographic cameras and projectors, image projector
v  Microscope, specified laboratory equipment, specified scientific equipment such as for meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, geology
v  Solvent, thinners, hydraulic fluids, anti-freezing preparation