Consumer goods cos upbeat as GST tailwinds lift volumes in March quarterConsumer goods companies and retailers like Marico, Dabur India, and DMart reported a sales rebound in the March quarter, driven by volume ...
06 Apr, 2026, 01.07 AM IST
GST on milk and education? Here's a fact check by Finance Minister in Lok SabhaFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed claims regarding Goods and Services Tax in Lok Sabha. She clarified that milk has always been...
12 Feb, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
'Nandini' milk products' prices go down with GST 2.0The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has announced reduced prices for 'Nandini' milk products, effective from September 22, 2025, due to the...
22 Sep, 2025, 01.21 PM IST
Why your everyday-milk pouches are not getting cheaper despite the GST rejigIndia’s top dairy brands Amul and Mother Dairy clarified that pouch milk prices remain unchanged under the new GST regime, as it has always...
16 Sep, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
Mother Dairy to slash paneer, butter & certain milk prices as company passes on GST benefits. Check new pricesMother Dairy is reducing prices across its dairy and food products from September 22, following the government’s GST 2.0 reform. UHT milk, ...
16 Sep, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
Amul rules out pouch milk price cut; only longlife UHT milk to get GST reliefAmul has clarified that packaged pouch milk prices will not change from September 22, as it has always attracted zero GST. Reports of a pri...
11 Sep, 2025, 10.30 AM IST
GST reductions to boost cooperatives, farmers, rural enterprisesThe Ministry of Cooperation reports that recent GST reforms will strengthen the cooperative sector, enhance product competitiveness, and bo...
06 Sep, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
GST rate cut to spur demand in Rs 19 lakh cr dairy industry: GovernmentThe government is set to implement new GST rates for the dairy sector. Most dairy products will either be tax-exempt or attract only a 5% t...
04 Sep, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
Ice-cream lovers beware: GST body drops a sugar bomb on softy mixThe GST Authority for Advance Rulings - Rajasthan bench ruled that softy ice-cream mix's primary component is sugar, not milk. Thus, it att...
22 Oct, 2024, 02.38 PM IST
High Court rules mango pulp be taxed at 12%Earlier, exporters and businessmen faced problems due to confusion in rates on different forms of mango, like sliced, dried mangoes or mang...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
Flavoured milk's a drink, will be taxed, says AAAR rulingGujarat AAAR affirmed the AAR ruling on classification and said that flavoured milk is not milk but a beverage containing milk.
09 Sep, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
BJP govt doesn't even want Janmashtami to be celebrated: Akhilesh Yadav on GST on milk productsReferring to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's recent visit to Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Yadav said he had heard that the chief m...
05 Aug, 2022, 05.19 PM IST
Traders can't pass on new GST levy, says Karnataka CM; GST experts disagreeThese levies were not meant to be passed on to consumers, he told media-persons, responding to a volley of questions on the sudden increase...
18 Jul, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
Lassi jaisi koi nahi: Flavoured milk is not milk but flavoured lassi is lassi, says AAR rulingUnder the Goods and Services Tax (GST) framework, both milk and lassi are exempt from any tax.But, while flavoured lassi continues to remai...
05 Sep, 2021, 06.23 AM IST
Lassi exempt from GST, AAR Gujarat rulesA ruling made by the GST Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR-Gujarat) has held that lassi, the fermented milk beverage, is exempt from GST. ...
24 Aug, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Flavoured milk taxable at 12% under GST: AAR rules in Amul dairy caseEarlier the Karnataka AAR, in an application of Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, had ruled that flavoured milk is taxable a...
18 Apr, 2021, 01.12 PM IST
- Sugar, tea, coffee, milk powder to cost less under GST
Currently, sugar attracts specific central excise duty of Rs 71 per quintal plus a cess of Rs 124, which translates into ad valorem rate of...
26 May, 2017, 01.14 AM IST