Govt exempted GST on several food items, check list

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has exempted from GST a number of items of daily use in the food category if they are sold loose. These items however will only attract GST when sold pre-packed or pre-labeled.

The information was shared by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Earlier, AAP-led Delhi government demanded the Centre to withdraw the GST it has freshly imposed on pre-packed and labelled food items, citing “steep price rise” in the country.

A 5 per cent GST rate on pre-packed and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg kicked in on Monday.

"The entire country is facing a steep price rise and the Centre has increased the cost of food items by imposing GST on them. I demand the Centre to withdraw it," Kejriwal told



reporters.

Check full list:

Item         HSN

Pulses/Daal 0713

Wheat         1001

Rye         1002

Oats         1004

Maize         1005

Rice         1006

Aata/Flour 1101

Suhi/Rawa 1103

Besan         1106

Puffed Rice 1904

Curd/Lassi