<h1>GST Council Announces Revised Rates: 0% for Bones, 5% for Cashews, 12% for Ketchup, 18% for School Bags.</h1> The 16th GST Council Meeting held on June 11, 2017, resulted in revised GST rates for various goods. Notable changes include a reduction to 0% for items like bones, horn cores, cereal grains, and palmyra jaggery. Cashew nuts, raisins, and ice now have a 5% rate. Insulin and bio gas are taxed at 5%, while diagnostic kits, ketchup, and certain kitchenware are at 12%. Items like salt, human hair, and children's books are exempt from GST. The council also reduced rates for goods such as school bags, exercise books, and certain electronic items to 18%.