In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9, sub-section (1) of section 11, sub-section (5) of section 15 and sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, and on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification under G O. (P) No. 72/2017/TAXES dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No. 370/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1360 dated 30th June, 2017, namely:-
Amendment
In the said notification,-
(i) in the TABLE,-
(a) against serial number 3, in column (3),-
(A) in item (iv),-
(I) for sub-item (c), the following sub-item shall be substituted, namely:-
" (c) a civil structure or any other original works pertaining to the In-situ redevelopment of existing slums using land as a resource, under the Housing for All (Urban) Mission/Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban);";
(II) after sub-item (d), the following sub-items shall be inserted, namely:-
"(da) a civil structure or any other original works pertaining to the " Economically Weaker Section (EWS) houses " constructed under the Affordable Housing in partnership by State or Union territory or local authority or urban development authority under the Housing for All (Urban) Mission/Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban);
(db) a civil structure or any other original works pertaining to the "houses constructed or acquired under the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/Lower Income Group (LIG)/Middle Income Group-1 (MIG-1)/Middle Income Group-2 (MIG-2)" under the Housing for All (Urban) Mission/Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban);";
(III) after sub-item (f), the following sub-items shall be inserted, namely:-
"(g) a building owned by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Central Act 43 of 1961), which is used for carrying out the activities of providing, centralised cooking or distribution, for mid-day meals under the mid-day meal scheme sponsored by the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authorities.";
(B) in item (v),
(I) in sub-item (a), for the word "excluding", the word "including" shall be substituted;
(II) after sub-item (d), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-
"(da) low-cost houses up to a carpet area of 60 square metres per house in an affordable housing project which has been given infrastructure status vide notification of Government of India, in Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs vide F. No. 13/6/2009-INF, dated 30th March, 2017;";
(C) for item (ix) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
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[Please refer to Explanation No. (iv)].
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(b) against serial number 9, in the entry in column (3), in item (v), for the words "natural gas ", the words, symbols and brackets "natural gas, petroleum crude, motor spirit (commonly known as petrol), high speed diesel or aviation turbine fuel" shall be substituted;
(c) against serial number 10, for item (ii) in column (3) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(d) for serial number 16 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to an amount charged for such lease and sublease in excess of one third of the total amount charged for the said composite supply. Total amount shall have the same meaning for the purpose of this proviso as given in paragraph 2 of this notification.
(e) against serial number 17, for item (vii) in column (3) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(f) in serial number 23, against item (i) in column (3), in condition 1 in column (5), after the words "supplying the service", the words, symbols, letters and brackets ", other than the input tax credit of input service in the same line of business (i.e., tour operator service procured from another tour operator)" shall be inserted;
(g) against serial number 23, for item (ii) in column (3) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(h) against serial number 24,-
(A) in the Explanation to item (i) in column (3), in clause (i), after sub-clause (g), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-
" (h) services by way of fumigation in a warehouse of agricultural produce.";
(B) for item (ii) in column (3) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(J) against serial number 26, in column (3),-
(A) in item (i), after sub-item (e), the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely:-
"(ea) manufacture of leather goods or foot wear falling under Chapter 42 or 64 in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (Central Act 51 of 1975) respectively;";
(B) for item (iii) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(k) for serial number 32 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(1) against serial number 34, in column (3),-
(A) for item (iii) and the entries relating thereto in columns (3), (4) and (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
(B) in item (vi), after the brackets and figures "(iii)", the brackets and figures "(iiia)," shall be inserted;
(ii) for paragraph 2, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"2. In case of supply of service specified in column (3), in item (i); sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d), sub-item (da) and sub-item (db) of item (iv); sub-item (b), sub-item (c), sub-item (d) and sub-item (da) of item (v); and sub-item (c) of item (vi), against serial number 3 of the Table above, involving transfer of land or undivided share of land, as the case may be, the value of such supply shall be equivalent to the total amount charged for such supply less the value of transfer of land or undivided share of land, as the case may be, and the value of such transfer of land or undivided share of land, as the case may be, in such supply shall be deemed to be one third of the total amount charged for such supply.
Explanation:- For the purposes of this paragraph, "total amount" means the sum total of,-
(a) consideration charged for aforesaid service; and
(b) amount charged for transfer of land or undivided share of land, as the case may be including by way of lease or sub-lease.".
By order of the Governor,
Venugopal, P.,
Secretary to Government.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
Pursuant to the decision taken in the 25th Goods and Services Tax Council Meeting, the Government of Kerala have decided to bring about certain amendments in the notification issued under G. O. (P) No. 72/2017/TAXES dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No. 370/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1360 dated 30th June, 2017.
The notification is intended to achieve the above object.