GST rate revisions are the major changes the GST Council has made to India's tax slabs since the 1 July 2017 launch. The biggest came in September 2025, when G…
A single nationwide indirect tax replaced excise duty, state VAT, Central Sales Tax, entry taxes and service tax. The new system launched with nil/exempt supplies plus 5…
Just four months after launch, the GST Council moved 178 items from 28% to 18%, leaving around 50 items in the top slab. All restaurants, AC or not, were also unified at…
A year after launch, the Council pruned the 28% slab further, leaving only 35 items — mostly demerit and luxury goods like air conditioners, large TVs, dishwashers, auto…
Affordable housing moved to 1% GST and other under-construction residential property to 5% — both without input tax credit. Developers on ongoing projects got a one-time…
All electric vehicles moved from 12% to 5% GST, and EV chargers moved from 18% to 5%. Unlike most revisions, this was a deliberate policy lever to accelerate EV adoption…
To correct an inverted duty structure, all footwear moved to a uniform 12% GST, up from an earlier 5%/18% price-based split — a genuine tax increase. The same correction…
Pre-packaged and labelled staple foods — rice, wheat, curd, lassi — began attracting 5% GST, closing an exemption loophole. Hotel rooms below Rs 1,000 a night, previousl…
Online money gaming, casinos and horse racing began attracting 28% GST on the full value of the bet placed, not just the platform's fee — a far bigger tax base than befo…
The Council approved restructuring the four-tier 5/12/18/28% system into a simplified two-rate structure of 5% and 18%, plus a 40% special rate for demerit and luxury go…
Cement, ACs and large TVs moved from 28% to 18%. Individual health and life insurance premiums moved from 18% to Nil. Small cars moved to 18% while SUVs moved to 40%. To…
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