<h1>GST rate reduction on nuts, dried fruits and ice cream increases affordability and market access for packaged foods.</h1> A regulatory change reduces GST on nuts and dried fruits from 12% to 5% and on ice cream from 18% to 5%, effective September 22, 2025, thereby lowering indirect tax burdens on those product categories and altering tax incidence for producers, distributors and retailers in the packaged foods supply chain.