After the 56th meeting of the GST Council, many major changes related to many tax came out today. The central government answered all the questions related to the general public and industry along with changes in rates. The new rates will be applicable from 22 September 2025, except for some exceptions. Talking about the sports world, the government also told how much GST will have to be given on admission services in other sports events like Indian Premier League IPL? Read the answers to 18 important questions related to textile, farmer, transport, insurance, health, entertainment, automobile, coal and cosmetics, medical world
- How much GST will be imposed on admission to other sports events including recognized sports events like IPL? On this question, the government said that in places where the price of the ticket is not more than Rs 500, the exemption will continue, if the ticket price is more than Rs 500, then it will be taxed at the rate of 18%.
- Cigarettes, bidis, yolk and without processing tobacco will only continue to the old rates. New rates on these will be implemented only when the loans and interest related to the compensation cess will be completely repaid.
- The public has got great relief on milk, beauty services, yoga, fitness, beverages and food products.
What will be the effect on plant-based milk?
The central government said that till now GST was used to high temperatures (UHT) milk, while normal dairy milk was already free from GST. UHT milk has also been exempted under the same tax system. At the same time, plant-based milk drinks (such as almonds, oats, rice milk) were earlier taxed 18% and 12% on soy milk drinks. Now the rate of only 5% has been fixed by bringing these two. With this, these drinks will now be cheap.
What will be new tax on petrol/diesel/CNG/LPG cars?
In response to this question, the government said that now GST on all these small cars has been reduced from 28% to 18%. Explain that the engine in petrol, LPG or CNG car is up to 1200cc and length is up to 4000 mm. On the other hand, the engine in the deedal car is up to 1500cc and the length is up to 4000 mm.
Why 40% tax on ‘Alcohol beverages’?
Along with this, the government responded to 40 percent tax on without alcohol. The government said that this decision has been taken under the policy of imposing equal tax on similar products. This will prevent wrong classification and legal disputes. For this reason, 40% tax has been levied on ‘other unnecessed beverages’.
How much tax on food products?
The government made it clear that the food products which do not fall into a particular category will now be charged only 5% GST. Earlier, different rates were applied to these, causing confusion and dispute situation.
What will be the effect on ‘Roti-Pratha-Pija Bread’?
Since the implementation of GST, there was a discount on bread, but items like pizza bread, paratha, roti and parotta were taxed differently. In such a situation, the government has now clarified that all Indian breads, whether they are known by any name, are being exempted from GST. The central government said that even though some names like paratha, roti, pizza bread are given as examples, all types of Indian bread will get the benefit.