Govt. amends notification No. 12/2017-UTT(R) to exempt services provided by Fair Price Shops to Government under UTGST

[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. 21/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate)

New Delhi, the 22nd August, 2017

G.S.R……(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 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 amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.12/2017- Union Territory 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. 703(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(i) in the Table,-

(a) after serial number 9 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted namely:-

TABLE

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

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(c) against serial number 35, in column (3),-

(A) in item (h), for the words “Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme or the Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme”, the words, brackets and letters “Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWCIS)”, shall be substituted;

(B) in item (j), for the words “National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana)”, the words, brackets and letters “Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY)”, shall be substituted;

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

“(iii) A “Limited Liability Partnership” formed and registered under the provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009) shall also be considered as a partnership firm or a firm.”.

[F. No.354/173/2017 -TRU]

(Ruchi Bisht)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:-The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 12/2017 – Union Territory Tax (Rate), dated the 28th June, 2017, vide number G.S.R. 703 (E), dated the 28th June, 2017.