UTGST rate change: reclassifies polyethylene and polypropylene bags and flexible bulk containers under amended tax treatment effective January. The Central Government, acting under the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act on Council recommendations, amends Notification No.1/2017 to omit certain entries from the 6% schedule and to insert new entries in the 9% schedule for woven and non-woven polyethylene or polypropylene bags and for flexible intermediate bulk containers; the amendment is effective from 1 January 2020.