Notification No. 03/2024 – Central Tax (Rate): Seeks to amend notification No. 2/2017- Central Tax (Rate)

Important Keyword: Section 11(1) CGST Act 2017, F. No. 190354/94/2024-TRU, Notification No. 03/2024 – Central Tax (Rate).

[F. No. 190354/94/2024-TRU]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

New Delhi, the 12^th July, 2024

Notification No. 03/2024 – Central Tax (Rate)

GST: [TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION (i)]

G.S.R   (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28^th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.674(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, after the Schedule, in the Explanation, in clause (ii), after the entries relating thereto, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010) and the rules made thereunder, as amended from time to time, the supply of agricultural farm produce in package(s) of commodities containing quantity of more than 25 kilogram or 25 litre shall not be considered as a supply made within the scope of expression ‘pre-packaged and labelled’.”.

2.         This notification shall come into force from the 15^th day of July, 2024.

(Nitish Karnatak)
Under Secretary to the
Government of India

Note: -The principal notification No. 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28^th June, 2017, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 674(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017, and was last amended vide notification No. 18/2023-Central Tax (Rate) dated the 19^th October, 2023, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 777(E), dated the 19^th October, 2023.

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