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TMI BlogExempts various services from whole of service tax - w.e.f. 1.7.2012X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities; 5. Services by a person by way of- (a) renting of precincts of a religious place meant for general public; or (b) conduct of any religious ceremony; 6. Services provided to any person other than a business entity by - (a) an individual as an advocate; or (b) a person represented on and as arbitral tribunals; 7. Services by way of technical testing or analysis of newly developed drugs, including vaccines and herbal remedies, on human participants by a clinical research organisation approved to conduct clinical trials by the Drug Controller General of India; 8. Services by way of training or coaching in recreational activities relating to arts, culture or sports; 9. Services provided- (a) to an educational institution by way of catering under any centrally assisted mid day meals scheme sponsored by Government; (b) to or by an institution in relation to educational services, where the educational services are exempt from the levy of service tax, by way of transportation of students or staff; (c) to or by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ion 12 AA of the Income tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) and meant predominantly for religious use by general public; (c) pollution control or effluent treatment plant, except located as a part of a factory; or (d) electric crematorium; 14. Services by way of erection or construction of original works pertaining to,- (a) airport, port or railways; (b) single residential unit otherwise as a part of a residential complex; (c) low- cost houses up to a carpet area of 60 square metres per house in a housing project approved by competent authority empowered under the Scheme of Affordable Housing in Partnership framed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India; (d) post- harvest storage infrastructure for agricultural produce including a cold storages for such purposes; or (e) mechanised food grain handling system, machinery or equipment for units processing agricultural produce as food stuff excluding alcoholic beverages; 15. Temporary transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of a copyright covered under clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957) ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... or (b) to a goods transport agency, a means of transportation of goods; 23. Transport of passengers, with or without accompanied belongings, by - (a) air, embarking or terminating in an airport located in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, or Tripura or at Baghdogra located in West Bengal; or (b) a contract carriage for the transportation of passengers, excluding tourism, conducted tour, charter or hire; 24. Services by way of motor vehicle parking to general public excluding leasing of space to an entity for providing such parking facility; 25. Services provided to the Government or a local authority by way of - (a) repair of a ship, boat or vessel; (b) effluents and sewerage treatment; (c) waste collection or disposal; (d) storage, treatment or testing of water for drinking purposes; or (e) transport of water by pipeline or conduit for drinking purposes; 26. Services of general insurance business provided under following schemes - (a) Hut Insurance Scheme; (b) Cattle Insurance under Swarnajaynti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (earlier known as Integrated Rural Development Pro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ture, printing or textile processing; (b) cut and polished diamonds and gemstones; or plain and studded jewellery of gold and other precious metals, falling under Chapter 71 of the Central Excise Tariff Act ,1985 (5 of 1986); (c) any goods on which appropriate duty is payable by the principal manufacturer; or (d) processes of electroplating, zinc plating, anodizing, heat treatment, powder coating, painting including spray painting or auto black, during the course of manufacture of parts of cycles or sewing machines upto an aggregate value of taxable service of the specified processes of one hundred and fifty lakh rupees in a financial year subject to the condition that such aggregate value had not exceeded one hundred and fifty lakh rupees during the preceding financial year; 31. Services by an organiser to any person in respect of a business exhibition held outside India; 32. Services by way of making telephone calls from - (a) departmentally run public telephones; (b) guaranteed public telephones operating only for local calls; or (c) free telephone at airport and hospitals where no bills are being issued; 33. Services by way of slaughtering of bo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ablished as an independent entity or a part of an establishment to carry out diagnostic or investigative services of diseases, 9. charitable activities means activities relating to - (a) public health by way of - (I) care or counseling of (i) terminally ill persons or persons with severe physical or mental disability, (ii) persons afflicted with HIV or AIDS, or (iii) persons addicted to a dependence-forming substance such as narcotics drugs or alcohol; or (II) public awareness of preventive health, family planning or prevention of HIV infection; (b) advancement of religion; (c) advancement of educational programmes or skill development relating to,- (I) abandoned, orphaned or homeless children; (II) physically or mentally abused and traumatized persons; (III) prisoners; or (IV) persons over the age of 65 years residing in a rural area; (d) preservation of environment including watershed, forests and wildlife; or (e) advancement of any other object of general public utility up to a value of twenty five lakh rupees in a fina ..... 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Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and who has entered into an agreement with the TBI or the STEP to enable himself to develop and produce hi-tech and innovative products, 18. insurance company means a company carrying on life insurance business or general insurance business, 19. life insurance business has the meaning assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938), 20. original works means - (a) all new constructions; or (b) all types of additions and alterations to abandoned or damaged structures on land that are required to make them workable, 21. principal manufacturer means any person who gets goods manufactured or processed on his account from another person, 22. recognized sports body means (i) the Indian Olympic Association, (ii) Sports Authority of India, (iii) a national sports federation recognised by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs of the Central Government, and its affiliate federations, (iv) national sports promotion organisations recognised by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs of the Central Government, (v) the ..... 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