Minister calls for exempting educational services from GST
The Hindu
‘The tax can adversely affect students from rural areas’
Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her to exempt educational services from the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
In his letter, the Minister said according to the Central Tax (Rate) notification, issued on June 28, 2017, education was exempted from the GST.
He said educational services were classified under the heading 9992, which was subdivided into six groups, which were exempted from GST.
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