Amendment in Notification No. 62/2017/TAXES, dated 30th June, 2017 - S.R.O. No. 832/2019 - Kerala SGST

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O.(P)No.170/2019/TAXES. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 8th November, 2019 22nd Thulam, 1195 S. R. O. No. 832/2019 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 and sub-section (5) of section 15 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby make the following further amendments in the notification issued under G.O.(P) No.62/2017/TAXES, dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No. 360/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1350 dated 30th June, 2017, namely:- In the said notification, - A. in Schedule I 2.5%, - (i) S. No. 33A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (ii) against S. No. 164, in the entry in column (3), after item ii, the following item shall be inserted, namely: - iii Marine Fuel 0.5% (FO) ; (iii) against S. No. 224, for the entry in column (2), the entry 63 [other than 6305 32 00, 6305 33 00, 6309], shall be substituted; (iv) after S. No. 234B and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be inserted, namely: - 234C 8509 Wet grinder consisting of stone as grinder ; (v) S. Nos. 235 to 242 and the entries related thereto, shall be omitted; B. in Schedule II 6% - (i) After S. No. 80A and entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and entries shall be substituted namely: - 80AA 3923 or 6305 Woven and non-woven bags and sacks of polyethylene or polypropylene strips or the like, whether or not laminated, of a kind used for packing of goods ; (ii) S. No. 201A and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; (iii) after S. No. 205 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. Nos. and entries shall be inserted, namely: - 205A 8601 Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators 205B 8602 Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders; such as Diesel-electric locomotives, Steam locomotives and tenders thereof 205C 8603 Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604 205D 8604 Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, track liners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) 205E 8605 Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading 8604) 205F 8606 Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, not self-propelled 205G 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock; such as Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof 205H 8608 Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing ; (iv) against S. No. 231B, in column (3), after the words Slide fasteners , the words and parts thereof , shall be inserted; C. in Schedule III 9% - (i) against Sl. No. 24A, in the entry in column (3), for the words Other non-alcoholic beverages [other than tender coconut water] , the words Other non-alcoholic beverages [other than: - (a) tender coconut water and (b) caffeinated beverages] shall be substituted; (ii) against Sl. No. 108, in the entry in column (3), after the words of plastics , the brackets and words (except the items covered in Sl. No. 80AA in Schedule II]), shall be inserted; (iii) in Sl. No. 400, for the entry in column (3), the entry, Following motor vehicles of length not exceeding 4000 mm, namely: - (a) Petrol, Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) driven vehicles of engine capacity not exceeding 1200cc; and (b) Diesel driven vehicles of engine capacity not exceeding 1500 cc for persons with orthopedic physical disability, subject to the condition that an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Heavy Industries certifies that the said goods shall be used by the persons with orthopedic physical disability as per extant guidelines issued by the said Department , shall be substituted; (iv) Sl. No. 446 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; D. in Schedule IV - 14%, - (i). after S. No. 12 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No. and the entries shall be inserted, namely: - 12A. 22029990 Caffeinated Beverages ; E. in Schedule V - 1.5%, - (i). S. No. 3, and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (ii). S. No. 4, and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; F. in Schedule VI -0.125%, - (i) in S. No. 2, for the entry in column (3), the entry, precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport , shall be substituted; (ii) S. No. 2A, and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; (iii) in S. No. 3, for the entry in column (3), the entry, Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport , shall be substituted; (iv) S. No. 4, and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted; 2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st October, 2019. By order of the Governor, MANOJ JOSHI., Additional Chief Secretary to Government. Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) Pursuant to the decision taken in the 37th Goods and Services Tax Council Meeting, Government of Kerala have decided to change the rate of tax on certain goods by making certain amendments in the notification issued under G.O.(P) No. 62/2017/TAXES dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No. 360/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1350 dated 30th June, 2017. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.