Integrated Tax Notifications (Rate)

IGST Notification rate 15/2018

1) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), the Central
Government, on 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, in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.9/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate),
dated the 28th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 684 (E), dated the 28th
June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, –

(i) in the Table, –

(a) against serial number 4, in the entry in column (3), the words “Central
Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority or” shall be
omitted;

(b) against serial number 5, in the entry in column (3), the words “Central
Government, State Government, Union territory, local authority or” shall be
omitted;

(c) after serial number 10D and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“10E	Chapter 99	Services by an old age home run by Central Government, State Government or by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) to its residents (aged 60 years or more) against consideration upto twenty-five thousand rupees per month per member provided that the consideration charged is inclusive of charges for boarding, lodging and maintenance.	Nil	Nil
10F	Chapter 99	Services supplied by an establishment of a person in India to any establishment of that person outside India, which are treated as establishments of distinct persons in accordance with Explanation 1 in section 8 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.	Nil	Provided the place of supply of the service is outside India in accordance with section 13 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
10G	Chapter 99	Import of services by United Nations or a specified international organisation for official use of the United Nations or the specified international organisation. Explanation. – For the purposes of this entry, unless the context otherwise requires, “specified international organisation” means an international organisation declared by the Central Government in pursuance of section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities Act) 1947 (46 of 1947), to which the provisions of the Schedule to the said Act apply.	Nil	Nil
10H	Chapter 99	Import of services by Foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in India, or diplomatic agents or career consular officers posted therein.	Nil	Foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in India, or diplomatic agents or career consular officers posted therein shall be entitled to exemption from integrated tax leviable on the import of services subject to the conditions, – that the foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in India, or diplomatic agents or career consular officers posted therein, are entitled to exemption from integrated tax, as stipulated in the certificate issued by the Protocol Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, based on the principle of reciprocity; that the services imported are for official purpose of the said foreign diplomatic mission or consular post; or for personal use of the said diplomatic agent or career consular officer or members of his or her family. that in case the Protocol Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, after having issued a certificate to any foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in India, decides to withdraw the same subsequently, it shall communicate the withdrawal of such certificate to the foreign diplomatic mission or consular post; that the exemption from the whole of the integrated tax granted to the foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in India for official purpose or for the personal use or use of their family members shall not be available from the date of withdrawal of such certificate.”;

(d) after serial number 11 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

“11A

Heading 9954

Services supplied by electricity distribution utilities by way of construction, erection, commissioning, or installation of infrastructure for extending electricity distribution network upto the tube well of the farmer or agriculturalist for agricultural use.

Nil

Nil”;

(e) against serial number 15, in the entry in column (3), for the words
“declared tariff”, the
words “value of supply” shall be substituted;

(f) against serial number 20A, in the entry in column (5), for the figures
“2018”, the figures “2019” shall be substituted;

(g) against serial number 20B, in the entry in column (5), for the figures
“2018”, the figures “2019” shall be substituted;

(h) after serial number 25 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“25A	Heading 9967 or Heading 9985	Services by way of warehousing of minor forest produce.	Nil	Nil”;

(i) after serial number 32 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“32A	Heading 9971 or Heading 9991	Services by Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation to persons governed by the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948 (46 of 1948).	Nil	Nil
32B	Heading 9971 or Heading 9991	Services by National Pension System (NPS) Trust to its members against consideration in the form of administrative fee.	Nil	Nil”;

(j) after serial number 35 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“35A	Heading 9971	Services supplied by Central Government, State Government, Union territory to their undertakings or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) by way of guaranteeing the loans taken by such undertakings or PSUs from the financial institutions.	Nil	Nil”;

(k) against serial number 37A, in the entry in column (3), after the figures
“37”, the word and
figures “or 41” shall be inserted;

(l) after serial number 49 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“49A	Heading 9983 or Heading 9991	Services by way of licensing, registration and analysis or testing of food samples supplied by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to Food Business Operators.	Nil	Nil”;

(m)after serial number 58 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“58A	Heading 9986	Services by way of artificial insemination of livestock (other than horses).	Nil	Nil”;

(n) after serial number 68A and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“68B	Heading 9991 or any other Heading	Services supplied by a State Government to Excess Royalty Collection Contractor (ERCC) by way of assigning the right to collect royalty on behalf of the State Government on the mineral dispatched by the mining lease holders. Explanation.- “mining lease holder” means a person who has been granted mining lease, quarry lease or license or other mineral concession under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the rules made thereunder or the rules made by a State Government under sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.	Nil	Provided that at the end of the contract period, ERCC shall submit an account to the State Government and certify that the amount of goods and services tax deposited by mining lease holders on royalty is more than the goods and services tax exempted on the service provided by State Government to the ERCC of assignment of right to collect royalty and where such amount of goods and services tax paid by mining lease holders is less than the amount of goods and services tax exempted, the exemption shall be restricted to such amount as is equal to the amount of goods and services tax paid by the mining lease holders and the ERCC shall pay the difference between goods and services tax exempted on the service provided by State Government to the ERCC of assignment of right to collect royalty and goods and services tax paid by the mining lease holders on royalty.”;

(o) after serial number 80 and the entries relating thereto, the following
serial number and
entries shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“80A	Heading 9995	Services provided by an unincorporated body or a non-profit entity registered under any law for the time being in force, engaged in,- activities relating to the welfare of industrial or agricultural labour or farmer; or promotion of trade, commerce, industry, agriculture, art, science, literature, culture, sports, education, social welfare, charitable activities and protection of environment, to its own members against consideration in the form of membership fee upto an amount of one thousand rupees (Rs 1000/-) per member per year.	Nil	Nil”;

(ii) in paragraph 3, in the Explanation, after clause (iii), the following
clause shall be inserted, namely:-

“(iv) For removal of doubts, it is clarified that the Central and State
Educational Boards
shall be treated as Educational Institution for the limited purpose of
providing services by way of conduct of examination to the students.”.

2) This notification shall come into force with effect from 27th of July, 2018.