GST Rate Hike on Natural Gas Operations: 18% Rate Effective from Sept 22, 2025

The Department of Revenue (Ministry of Finance) has recently issued an official notification No. 11/2025- Central Tax (Rate), dated September 17, 2025, announcing that the Central Government has made some amendments in an earlier notification of Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 3/2017-Central Tax (Rate), dated June 28, 2017.

The Central Government is satisfied that these changes are necessary to be implemented in the public interest. The government has made these changes in exercise of its powers granted under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), on the recommendations of the Council.

The aforementioned notification, in the TABLE, against S. No. 1, for the entry under column (4), the entry “9%” shall be inserted. The current notification has been amended several times, lastly amended by notification No. 08/2022-Central Tax (Rate), dated July 13, 2022.

The present notification is scheduled to take effect from September 22, 2025.

Refer to the official notification for complete information.