Local authority status under GST excludes statutory bodies outside enumerated categories, limiting Kerala Water Authority's works-contract concession.

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....GST local-authority status is confined to bodies expressly enumerated in the CGST/KGST definition; a statutory body is not included merely because its constituting State law deems it a local authority. Accordingly, works contract services supplied to Kerala Water Authority attract GST at 18% from 1 January 2022 rather than the concessional local-authority rate. On delayed differential GST, interest applies only to the portion discharged through the electronic cash ledger, not to the portion paid through the electronic credit ledger.....