Seeks to amend notification No. 12/2017- Central Tax (Rate) so as to exempt certain services as recommended by Goods and Services Tax Council in its 28th meeting held on 21.07.2018 - 14/2018 - Central GST (CGST) Rate

GST exemptions expanded for specified social, agricultural and government services, subject to eligibility criteria and conditional limitations.

Amends Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) to insert multiple GST exemptions and technical changes: exemptions for services by old age homes for senior residents where consideration includes boarding, lodging and maintenance; electricity distribution works extending supply to a farmer's tube well for agricultural use; warehousing of minor forest produce; services by Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation and National Pension System Trust; government loan-guarantee services to undertakings and PSUs; FSSAI licensing and testing services to food business operators; artificial insemination of livestock other than horses; conditional exemption for State assignment of royalty collection to ERCC with accounting and payment conditions; and a capped membership-fee exemption for certain non-profit bodies, along with terminology substitutions and an educational-boards clarification.