Notification no 14/2018 Central Tax (Rate) date on 26th July, 2018, GST 
 
Seeks to amend notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) so as to exempt certain services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 28th meeting held on 21.07.2018 
The extract of GST Notification No. 14/2018- Central Tax (Rate) is given below: 
 Notification No. 14/2018- Central Tax (Rate), GST
 
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZZETE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION
 
3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
 
Government of India
 
Ministry of Finance
 
(Department of Revenue)
 
Notification No. 14/2018- Central Tax (Rate)
 
New Delhi, the 26th July, 2018
 
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, 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.12/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28thJune, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 691(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 9C and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
 
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 “9D 
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 Services  by  an  old  age  home  run  by  Central 
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 Nil”; 
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 Government,  State  Government  or  by  an  entity 
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 registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax 
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 Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) to its residents (aged 60 
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 years or more) against consideration upto twenty- 
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 five  thousand  rupees  per  month  per  member, 
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 provided   that   the   consideration   charged   is 
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 inclusive  of  charges  for  boarding,  lodging  and 
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 maintenance. 
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(d)   after serial number 10 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
 
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 Services   supplied   by   electricity   distribution 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9954 
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 utilities   by   way   of   construction,   erection, 
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 commissioning, or installation of infrastructure for 
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 extending electricity distribution network upto the 
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 tube  well  of  the  farmer  or  agriculturalist  for 
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 agricultural use. 
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(e)   against serial number 14, in the entry in column (3), for the words “declared tariff”, the words “value of supply” shall be substituted;
 
(f)    against serial number 19A, in the entry in column (5), for the figures “2018”, the figures “2019” shall be substituted;
 
(g)   against serial number 19B, in the entry in column (5), for the figures “2018”, the figures
 
“2019” shall be substituted;
 
(h)   after serial number 24 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
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 “24A 
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 Services by way of warehousing of minor forest 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9967 
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 or 
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 produce. 
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(i)     after serial number 31 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
 
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 Services   by   Coal   Mines   Provident   Fund 
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 Nil 
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 Nil 
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 9971 
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 Organisation to persons governed by the Coal 
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 or 
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 Mines   Provident   Fund   and   Miscellaneous 
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 Provisions Act, 1948 (46 of 1948). 
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 9991 
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 31B 
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 Services  by  National  Pension  System  (NPS) 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9971 
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 Trust to its members against consideration in 
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 or 
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 the form of administrative fee. 
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 9991 
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(j)     after serial number 34 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
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 Services supplied by Central Government, State 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9971 
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 Government,Unionterritorytotheir 
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 undertakings 
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 or 
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 Public 
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 Sector 
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 Undertakings(PSUs)  by  way  of  guaranteeing 
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 the loans taken by such undertakings or PSUs 
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 from the financial institutions. 
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(k)   against serial number 36A, in the entry in column (3), after figures “36”, the word and figures “or 40” shall be inserted;
 
(l)     after serial number 47 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
 
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 “47A 
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 Services  by way of licensing, registration and 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9983 
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 or 
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 analysis or testing of food samples supplied by 
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 the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of 
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 9991 
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 India (FSSAI) to Food Business Operators. 
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(m) after serial number 55 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
 
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 “55A 
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 Services  by  way  of  artificial  insemination  of 
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 Nil 
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 Nil”; 
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 9986 
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 livestock (other than horses). 
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(n)   after serial number 65A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
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 “65B 
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 Services   supplied   by   a   State 
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 Nil 
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 Provided that at the end of 
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 9991  or 
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 Government 
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 Excess 
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 Royalty 
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 the contract period, ERCC 
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 any 
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 Collection Contractor (ERCC) by 
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 shall submit an account to 
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 other 
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 way  of  assigning  the  right  to 
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 the State Government and 
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 collect  royalty  on  behalf  of  the 
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 certify 
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 that the amount of 
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 State Government on the mineral 
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 goods 
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 and 
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 services 
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 tax 
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 dispatched  by  the  mining  lease 
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 deposited by mining lease 
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 holders. 
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 holders on royalty is more 
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 than 
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 goods 
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 Explanation.- 
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 “mining 
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 lease 
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 services tax exempted on 
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 holder” means a person who has 
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 the  service 
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 provided 
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 by 
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 been granted mining lease, quarry 
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 State  Government  to 
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 lease  or  license  or  other  mineral 
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 ERCC 
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 of  assignment 
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 of 
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 concession  under 
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 the  Mines  and 
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 right to collect royalty and 
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 Minerals 
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 (Development 
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 where 
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 such 
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 amount 
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 of 
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 Regulation)  Act,  1957  (67  of 
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 goods 
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 and 
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 services 
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 tax 
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 1957), the rules made thereunder 
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 paid 
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 by 
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 mining 
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 lease 
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 or  the  rules  made  by  a  State 
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 holders 
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 is 
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 less  than 
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 the 
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 Government under sub-section (1) 
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 amount 
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 of 
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 goods 
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 of  section  15  of  the  Mines  and 
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 services tax exempted, the 
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 Minerals 
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 (Development 
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 exemption 
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 shall 
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 be 
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 Regulation) Act, 1957. 
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 restricted to such amount 
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 as is equal to the amount 
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 of goods and services tax 
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 paid by the mining lease 
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 holders 
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 ERCC 
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 shall 
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 pay 
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 the  difference 
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 between 
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 goods 
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 services tax exempted on 
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 the  service 
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 provided 
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 State 
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 Government 
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 to 
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 ERCC 
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 assignment 
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 right to collect royalty and 
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 goods 
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 services 
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 tax 
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 paid by the mining lease 
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 holders on royalty.”; 
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(o)   after serial number 77 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: -
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 “77A 
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 Services provided by an unincorporated body or 
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 Nil 
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 a non-profit entity registered under any law for 
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 the time being in force, engaged in,- 
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 (i)  activities  relating  to  the  welfare  of 
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 industrial   or   agricultural   labour   or 
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 farmers; or 
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 (ii)   promotion   of   trade,   commerce, 
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 industry, 
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 agriculture, 
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 art, 
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 science, 
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 literature, culture, sports, education, social 
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 welfare, 
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 charitable 
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 activities 
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 protection of environment, 
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 to its own members against consideration in the 
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 form of membership fee upto an amount of 
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 thousand rupees (Rs 1000/-) 
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(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.
 
[F. No.354/13/2018 -TRU] 
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
 
Under Secretary to the Government of India
 
Note: -The principal notification No. 12/2017 - Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 691 (E), dated the 28thJune, 2017 and was last amended by notification No. 2/2018 - Central Tax (Rate), dated the 25th January, 2018 vide number G.S.R. 65(E), dated the 25th January, 2018.
 
 
 
 
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