<h1>Government exempts taxable services to foreign diplomatic missions and families upon MEA certificate; providers must follow procedural requirements</h1> The central government revoked an earlier notification and issued two new notifications exempting taxable services supplied to foreign diplomatic missions and to diplomatic agents' family members for personal use, replacing piecemeal prior reliefs. Exemptions apply from the date the Ministry of External Affairs issues a certificate authorizing free services and continue until withdrawal of that certificate. Diplomatic missions must furnish a self-certified copy of the certificate and an original undertaking to the service provider. Service providers must record the undertaking's reference number and, for personal-use claims, the unique serial number of any identity card provided. Detailed procedural guidance was issued by the tax authority.