New GST Rates! These 147 items have zero GST, but are any shopkeepers not charging any tax? Check the full list.

Pravesh Maurya — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:58:01 +0000

New GST rates came into effect on September 22nd, making many food items cheaper. Some items have been exempted from GST and are taxed at 0%. There is a risk that shopkeepers may mislead customers, so it’s important to know which 147 items are subject to zero GST (Zero GST full list).

New GST Rates: New GST rates came into effect on September 22nd. With the implementation of the new rates, most items, from food to everyday use, have become cheaper. Some items are exempt from GST, meaning they have zero GST on some items. However, many shopkeepers can mislead customers.

You too could be cheated. Therefore, it is important to know which items have zero GST. Otherwise, the shopkeeper may cheat you. We have listed 147 items with zero GST in a table. We have also created a category-wise list.

It is important to note that these exemptions may change based on government policies and regulatory updates. Both the central and state governments have the authority to grant GST exemptions.

Which 147 items have zero GST? Full List of Items with Zero GST

Full list of goods with 0 GST
Number	Description of items	New GST rates
1	Fresh milk and pasteurized milk, including separated milk, milk and cream, that is not condensed and does not contain added sugar or other sweeteners, excluding ultra high temperature (UHT) milk	0%
2	Curd	0%
3	Lassi	0%
4	buttermilk	0%
5	Chena or paneer, not packed in unit container and not having a registered brand name	0%
6	Natural honey, not packed in unit container and not having a registered brand name	0%
7	Potatoes, fresh or chilled	0%
8	Tomatoes, fresh or frozen	0%
9	Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other garlicky vegetables, fresh or chilled	0%
10	Cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled	0%
11	Lettuce (Lectica sativa) and chicory (Dithorium spp.), fresh or chilled	0%
12	Carrots, turnips, salad beets, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled	0%
13	Cucumber and bitter gourd, fresh or chilled	0%
14	Legumes, peeled or unpeeled, fresh or frozen	0%
15	Other vegetables, fresh or frozen	0%
16	Dried vegetables, whole, chopped, diced, powdered, but not further prepared	0%
17	Dried leguminous vegetables, peeled, whether peeled or split, not packed in unit containers and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
18	Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichoke, sweet potato and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or chilled; sago pulp	0%
19	Coconuts, fresh or dried, whether or not peeled	0%
20	Brazil nuts, fresh, whether or not shelled	0%
21	Other nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, chestnuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, kola nuts, areca nuts, fresh, whether or not shelled	0%
22	Bananas, including bananas, fresh or dried	0%
23	Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh	0%
24	Citrus fruits, such as oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, lemons, and limes, fresh	0%
25	Grapes, fresh	0%
26	Melons (including watermelon) and papayas, fresh	0%
27	Apples, pears and japonica, fresh	0%
28	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh	0%
29	Other fruits like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, currants, cranberries, kiwi, durian, persimmon, pomegranate, tamarind, sapota, custard apple, borey, litchi, fresh	0%
30	Citrus fruit or melon (including watermelon) rind, fresh	0%
31	Fresh ginger, not processed ginger	0%
32	Fresh turmeric, not the processed form	0%
33	Wheat and meslin, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
34	Maize (corn), not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
35	Rice, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
36	Wheat or meslin flour, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
37	Flour of cereals (other than wheat or meslin), such as maize flour, rye flour, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
38	Muri, Chivda, Khoi, Murki	0%
39	papad, by whatever name called, except when served for consumption	0%
40	Bread (branded or otherwise), except when served for consumption and pizza bread	0%
41	Water (excluding aerated, mineral, purified, distilled, medicinal, ionic, battery, de-mineralized, and water sold in sealed containers)	0%
42	Coconut water, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
43	Salt, all types	0%
44	Live donkeys, mules and hinnies	0%
45	live bovine animals	0%
46	live pig	0%
47	Live sheep and goats	0%
48	Live poultry, such as chickens of the Gallus domesticus species, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowl	0%
49	Other living animals such as mammals, birds, insects	0%
50	Meat of bovine animals, fresh and chilled	0%
51	Meat of bovine animals, frozen (except packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
52	Pork, fresh, chilled or frozen (except packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
53	Meat of sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen (except packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
54	Meat of horses, donkeys, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen (except when packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
55	Edible remains of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen (except those packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
56	Poultry meat and food scraps, fresh, chilled or frozen (except those packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
57	Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen (except packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
58	Pork fat, non-lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise removed, fresh, chilled or frozen (except when packed in unit containers and frozen)	0%
59	Pig fat, non-lean meat, and poultry fat, salted, cured in brine, dried or smoked (except when packed in unit containers)	0%
60	Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in salt water, dried or smoked; edible flour and meal of meat or meat offal (excluding those packed in unit containers)	0%
61	live fish	0%
62	Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304	0%
63	Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh or chilled	0%
64	Crustaceans, whether or not in shell, live, fresh or chilled; crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or boiling water, live, fresh or chilled	0%
65	Molluscs, whether or not in shell, live, fresh, chilled; crustaceans and other aquatic invertebrates except molluscs, live, fresh or chilled	0%
66	Other aquatic invertebrates, except crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh or chilled	0%
67	Human hair, unprocessed, whether or not washed or cleaned; human hair waste	0%
68	Bones and horn-cores, unprocessed, fat removed, merely prepared (but not cut to size), acid-treated or gelatinized; powder and waste of these products	0%
69	Bone meal, horn meal, hooves, claws, nails and beaks; horns etc.	0%
70	semen, including frozen semen	0%
71	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	0%
72	Coffee beans, unroasted	0%
73	Green tea leaves, unprocessed	0%
74	Fennel, badian, coriander, cumin, or carom seeds; juniper berries [of seed quality]	0%
75	Rye, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
76	Barley, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
77	Oats, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
78	Cereal sorghum, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
79	Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals such as sorghum, millet, ragi, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
80	Cereal grains, meals and pellets, not packed in unit containers and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
81	peeled cereal grains	0%
82	Potato flour, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
83	Flour of dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, sago or flour of roots or tubers of heading 0714, or of products of Chapter 8 such as flour of tamarind, water chestnut, mango, not packed in unit container and not bearing a registered brand name	0%
84	All items of seed quality	0%
85	Soya beans, whether or not broken, of seed quality	0%
86	Peanuts, unroasted or cooked, whether or not shelled or broken, of seed quality	0%
87	Linseed, whether or not broken, of seed quality	0%
88	Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, of seed quality	0%
89	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken, of seed quality	0%
90	Other oilseeds and oily fruits (such as palm seeds, cotton seeds, castor seeds, sesame seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, watermelon seeds, poppy seeds, ajams, mango kernels, niger seeds, kokum), whether or not broken, of seed quality	0%
91	Seeds, fruits, and spores, which are used for sowing	0%
92	Hop cones, fresh	0%
93	Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicide or similar purposes, fresh or chilled	0%
94	Locust beans, seaweed and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh or chilled	0%
95	Cereal husks and hulls, unprepared, whether cut, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets	0%
96	Swedes, manure grains, fodder roots, grasses, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, fodder kale, lupins, vetches and similar fodder products, whether or not in the form of pellets	0%
97	Lacquer and shellac	0%
98	betel leaves	0%
99	All types of jaggery, including best	0%
100	Contains Anna Jaggery and Palmyra Jaggery	0%
101	Aquatic feed, including shrimp feed and prawn feed, poultry feed and cattle feed, including grass, husk and pulse husk, concentrates and additives, wheat bran and de-oiled cake	0%
102	electrical energy	0%
103	Animal feed grade Dicalcium Phosphate (DCP), conforming to IS Specification No. 5470:2002	0%
104	Human blood and its components	0%
105	All types of contraceptives	0%
106	All commodities and organic manures (except those packed in unit containers and bearing registered brand names)	0%
107	Kajal (except Kajal pencil stick), Kumkum, Bindi, Sindoor, Alta	0%
108	Municipal waste, sewage sludge, clinical waste	0%
109	plastic bangles	0%
110	Condoms and contraceptives	0%
111	firewood or fuel wood	0%
112	Charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not aggregated	0%
113	Judicial, non-judicial stamp papers, court fee stamps, when sold by Government treasuries or by vendors authorised by the Government	0%
114	Postal items, such as envelopes, postcards, etc., sold by the government	0%
115	Rupee notes, when sold to the Reserve Bank of India	0%
116	in cheque, loose or book form	0%
117	Printed books, including Braille books	0%
118	Newspapers, magazines and journals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising matter	0%
119	Children’s picture, drawing, or coloring books	0%
120	Maps and hydrographic or similar charts, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed	0%
121	silkworm cocoon	0%
122	raw silk	0%
123	silk waste	0%
124	Wool, uncarded or combed	0%
125	Fine or coarse animal hair, uncarded or combed	0%
126	wool or fine or coarse animal hair waste	0%
127	Gandhi cap	0%
128	Khadi Yarn	0%
129	Jute fibre, raw or processed but unspun	0%
130	Coconut, coir fiber	0%
131	Indian National Flag	0%
132	Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked	0%
133	Earthen pot and earthen lamp	0%
134	Glass bangles (except those made of precious metals)	0%
135	Manual or animal-powered agricultural implements, such as hoes, shovels, pickaxes, axes, bill hooks, pruning shears, sickles, hedge shears, wooden wedges and other implements used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry	0%
136	Amber Charkha	0%
137	Handloom (weaving machinery)	0%
138	Spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles	0%
139	Parts of goods of heading 8801	0%
140	hearing aids	0%
141	indigenous handmade musical instruments	0%
142	Mudgha and Phool Bahari broom made from reeds	0%
143	Slate Pencil and Chalk Stick	0%
144	slate	0%
145	passenger luggage	0%
146	Puja materials, such as: (i) Rudraksha beads, Rudraksha beads, Tulsi Kanthi beads, Panchagavya; (ii) Sacred thread (Yagnopaveet); (iii) Wooden Khadau; (iv) Panchamrit; (v) Vibhuti sold by religious institutions; (vi) Unbranded honey; (vii) Diya wick; (viii) Roll; (ix) Kalava (Raksha Sutra); (x) Chandan Tika	0%
147	Supply of lotteries by a person, not being a State Government, Union Territory Government or local authority, provided that the supply of such lotteries is taxed with appropriate central tax, State tax, Union Territory tax or integrated tax, as the case may be, as applicable

Category Wise Product Details. Category Wise Full List Of Items With Zero GST

Social class	List of products	New GST rates
animal products	Live animals: donkeys, cows, sheep, goats, chickens	0%
	Meat: fresh and frozen meat of sheep, cows, goats, pigs, horses	0%
	Fish: fresh or frozen	0%
Natural and agricultural products	Natural products: honey, fresh and pasteurized milk, cheese, eggs	0%
	Living trees and plants: bulbs, roots, flowers, leaves	0%
	Vegetables: Tomatoes, potatoes, onions, carrots	0%
	Fruits: Bananas, grapes, apples, oranges	0%
	Dry fruits: cashews, walnuts, almonds	0%
	Grains: wheat, rice, oats, barley	0%
	Milling industry products: various types of flour	0%
	Seeds: flower seeds, oilseeds, cereal husks	0%
Beverages and condiments	Tea, coffee, and spices: coffee beans, tea leaves, turmeric, ginger, black pepper	0%
Beverages and condiments	Water: Mineral water, coconut water, packaged drinking water	0%
Processed and baked goods	Sugar products: sugar, molasses	0%
Processed and baked goods	Baked goods: bread, pizza base, puffed rice, pastries	0%
Energy and industrial goods	Fossil Fuels: Electrical Energy	0%
Energy and industrial goods	Fertilizers: Manures and Organic Manures	0%
Health and Personal Care Products	Drugs and pharmaceuticals: human blood, contraceptives, vaccines	0%
Health and Personal Care Products	Beauty products: bindi, kajal, kumkum, herbal cosmetics	0%
Waste and Recycling	Waste: sewage sludge, municipal waste, recyclable waste	0%
Accessories and printed materials	Jewellery: Plastic and glass bangles	0%
	Newsprint: judicial stamp paper, envelopes, rupee notes	0%
	Printed goods: printed books, newspapers, maps	0%
Textiles and handicrafts	Fabrics: raw silk, silkworm cocoons, khadi, cotton, wool, synthetic fabrics	0%
	Hand tools: spade, hammer, gardening tools	0%
	Pottery: clay pots, clay lamps	0%

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GST Update: GST taxpayers should do this work before 1st September, otherwise you will not be able to file GSTR-1

Jyoti — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:24:41 +0000

GST Update: The Council had approved these amendments in its meeting in July 2023 to strengthen the registration process, in which it was made mandatory to provide details of bank account with name and PAN.

GST Update: GST (Goods & Services Tax) paying GST taxpayers who do not submit their valid bank account details to the GST Authority, then such taxpayers will not be able to file outward supply return GSTR-1 from September 1, 2024. GST Network has said these things by issuing an advisory.

According to Rule 10A of GST, taxpayers are required to provide details of valid bank account within a period of 30 days from the date of registration or before submitting details of outward supply of goods or services or both in Form GSTR-1 or before using the invoice submission facility (IFF), whichever is earlier.

GSTN said in an advisory issued on August 23, this rule is coming into effect from September 1, 2024. Therefore, for the tax period after August 2024, taxpayers will not be able to file GSTR-01 / IFF without providing valid bank account details in their registration details on the GST portal.

The GST Council in its meeting in July last year approved the amendment to Rule 10A to strengthen the registration process and effectively deal with the problem of fake and fraudulent registrations in Goods and Services Tax. According to this amendment, registered taxpayers will be required to provide details of their bank account with their name and PAN within 30 days of receiving the registration or before filing the details of outward supplies in Form GSTR-1 / IFF.

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In the advisory, GSTN has asked all those taxpayers who have not yet provided valid bank account details to go to the GST portal and add their bank account information to their registration details. According to the GSTN advisory, in the absence of valid bank account details in the GST registration, you will not be able to file GSTR-1 or IFF from the return period of August, 2024.