Customers will have to pay 5% GST on pre-packed, labelled food items like atta, paneer, and curd, besides hospital rooms with rent above ₹5,000 from Monday with the GST Council's decision coming into force.
In addition, hotel rooms with tariff of up to ₹1,000/day, maps and charts, including atlases, will attract a 12% Goods and Services Tax (GST), while 18% GST will be levied on tetra packs and fees charged by banks for the issue of cheques (loose or in book form).
Last month, the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising her state counterparts, had pruned the exemption list and imposed tax on a host of goods and services.
