Supply by FPS under PDS

The existing exemption entries with respect to services provided by Fair Price Shops to the Central Government, State Governments or Union Territories by way of sale of food grains, kerosene, sugar, edible oil, etc. under Public Distribution System (PDS) against consideration in the form of commission or margin, is being rationalized so as to remove ambiguity regarding list of items and the category of recipients to whom the exemption is available.

[Notification No. 49-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 14 November 2017]

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, in the Table, -

(a) against serial number 12A, for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted namely: -

“Service provided by Fair Price Shops to Central Government, State Government or Union territory by way of sale of food grains, kerosene, sugar, edible oil, etc. under Public Distribution System against consideration in the form of commission or margin.”;

(b) the serial number 12B and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted;

(c) after serial number 82 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted namely: -

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
“82A	Heading 9996	Services by way of admission to a protected monument so declared under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 (24 of 1958) or any of the State Acts, for the time being in force	Nil	Nil”.

2. This notification shall come into force with effect from 15th of November, 2017.

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