Official Press Release of 44th GST Council Meeting

Here is the Official Press Release of the 44th GST Council Meeting held on 12th June 2021 held under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporat…

CA Deepak Gupta

Jun 12, 2021

Last update on Jun 12, 2021

Here is the Official Press Release of the 44th GST Council Meeting held on 12th June 2021 held under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman through video conferencing here today. You May Also Refer: 43rd GST Council Meeting Decisions: Official Press Release The Council in its meeting has decided to reduce the GST rates on the specified items being used in Covid-19 relief and management till 30th September 2021. The meeting was also attended by the Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance & States/ UTs. [caption id="attachment_100290" align="aligncenter" width="1280"]

Official Press Release of 44th GST Council Meeting[/caption] GST Rates on May Items changed as a result of Meeitng. The Changes are given below:

Medicines:

S. No.	Description	Present GST Rate	GST Rate recommended by GST Council
1	Tocilizumab	5%	Nil
2	Amphotericin B	5%	Nil
3	Anti-Coagulants like Heparin	12%	5%
4	Remdesivir	12%	5%
5	Any other drug recommended by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Dept. of Pharma (DoP) for Covid treatment	Applicable Rate	5%

S. No.	Description	Present GST Rate	GST Rate recommended by GST Council
1	Medical Grade Oxygen	12%	5%
2	Oxygen Concentrator/ Generator, including personal imports thereof	12%	5%
3	Ventilators	12%	5%
4	Ventilator masks / canula / helmet	12%	5%
5	BiPAP Machine	12%	5%
6	High flow nasal canula (HFNC) device	12%	5%

Testing Kits and Machines

S. No.	Description	Present GST Rate	GST Rate recommended by GST Council
1	Covid Testing Kits	12%	5%
2	Specified Inflammatory Diagnostic Kits, namely D-Dimer, IL-6, Ferritin and LDH	12%	5%

S. No.	Description	Present GST Rate	GST Rate recommended by GST Council
1	Pulse Oximeters, incl personal imports thereof	12%	5%
2	Hand Sanitizer	18%	5%
3	Temperature check equipment	18%	5%
4	Gas/Electric/other furnaces for crematorium, including their installation, etc.	18%	5%
5	Ambulances	28%	12%

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