CGST rates on goods as on 22.09.2025
CGST rates on goods as on 22.09.2025 as per Notification No. 09/2025-Central Tax (Rate), dated 17th September, 2025.
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CGST rates on goods as on 22.09.2025 as per Notification No. 09/2025-Central Tax (Rate), dated 17th September, 2025.
Textile units that recycle PET and the manufacturers of polyester fibre will face inverted duty challenges with the revised GST rates as the entire textile industry is under 5% GST while the raw materials for the manmade fibre (MMF) sector – Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) and PET scrap – are at 18%.
While GST 2.0 has made a large number daily essentials cheaper, wheat flour, the main ingredient used by households for making a variety of Indian breads at home continues to have 5% GST.
Stakeholders in the arecanut sector have asked the Government to bring down GST on copper sulphate, which is used as a fungicide in many plantation crops, to 5 per cent from the existing 18 per cent.
The reduction in Goods and Services Tax on items such as cement, steel, marble, granite blocks, which are used in construction and housing sector has been received with tepid enthusiasm by the builder community, which feels that the government should have addressed the issue of input tax credit and provided incentives to boost affordable housing.
Hoteliers have been confused over a listing in the exercise to revamp the Goods and Services Tax (GST). While the announcement says Indian rotis, including parathas, will not attract any tax, many are asking why idli, dosa, puttu, idiyappam and other South Indian staples have not been exempted.
India, the world’s fastest growing major economy, is preparing to bear the brunt of US President Donald Trump’s trade war and 50% tariffs. In this backdrop, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the industry has given the commitment to pass on the benefits of GST rate reductions to consumers.
Key highlights on 56th GST council recommendations
The Indian Beverage Association has urged the GST Council to reclassify aerated beverages as “food/merit” category and put them in 18 per cent GST slab.