GST rate changes for specified food items and addition of pencil sharpeners to a taxable schedule take effect. Amendment revises Meghalaya GST schedules by substituting the 2.5% Schedule I entry to list all types of jaggery and pre-packaged Khandsari sugar and Rab; inserting pencil sharpeners into Schedule II subject to 6%; and amending Schedule III's 9% entry to exclude pencil sharpeners. The changes take effect on the first day of March, 2023.