Special drive carried out to check revised GST
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, September 26 2025: The Department of Taxes and the Department of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (CAF&PD) today carried out a special drive at Thangal Keithel to assess whether benefits of the revised rates of GST which came into effect from September 22, 2025 have reached consumers.

The special drive was carried out by a joint team headed by Joint Commissioners of Taxes Y Indrakumar, N Denish, Superintendents of Taxes N Jacky Kanta, Y Pradip and CAF&PD Inspectors.

Briefing media persons after the drive, Y Indrakumar said that the items against which the GST rates have been revised include several common consumer goods.

Special drive carried out to check revised GST

GST on most biscuits has been cut down from 18-12 per cent to 5 per cent.

Likewise, GST on shampoo, hair oil, soap etc has also been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent.

Today's special drive was carried out to check whether distributors have supplied these goods at the revised GST rates to the wholesalers, he said.

On checking some distributors and wholesalers, many goods were found printed with two MRPs - old MRP and new MRP.

Checking the tax invoice revealed that the distributors and wholesalers have been selling goods at the reduced rates, Indrakumar said.

He then appealed to all retailers to sell goods at the reduced rates at their respective localities.

The MRPs printed on the packages are old ones and they will be there till March next year.

New MRPs will be printed on all packages from March 1 next year, he said.

He said that GST on most of the medicines has also been reduced to 5 per cent while GST on some medicines has been reduced to 0 per cent.

"We will check whether the new GST rates on medicines have been applied.

We have seen some storekeepers displaying the new rates on panels", he said.

Indrakumar appealed to all customers to collect a receipt for every purchase.

If any customer has any doubt, he/she may send the receipt to [email protected].

If any wrongdoing is detected on the part of the shopkeeper, necessary action may be initiated against the shopkeeper as per relevant rules and Acts, he said.

Earlier, 28 per cent GST was levied on all TVs of 32 inch and bigger.

But today, GST on TVs of all sizes has been reduced to 18 per cent.

GST on Air Cooler (AC) has also been cut down from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.

GST rates on two-wheelers below 350 CC and cars below 1500 CC and shorter than 4 metres have been reduced to 18 per cent from 28 per cent.

5 per cent GST levied on students' exercise book, geometrical box and eraser has been reduced to 0 per cent.

GST levied on daily-use items like toothpaste, toothbrush, paneer etc has been reduced to 5 per cent, Indrakumar added.