The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates, which were revised during the two-day GST council’s 47th meet held last month in Chandigarh, came into effect from today.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, decided on bringing packed foods like milk, curd and paneer, unpacked ones like rice and wheat when packed and bank fee for issuing cheques under the five per cent slab and hotels charging Rs 1,000 or less per day for stay under 12 per cent bracket. Here is a list of commodities that will get expensive starting today.

Here are the list of items that will see a change in rates:
5 per cent
Packed foods — milk, curd and paneer
Unpacked foods — rice and wheat when packed and bank fee for issuing cheques
Dried leguminous vegetables
Makhana
Wheat or meslin flour
Jaggery
Puffed rice
Organic food
Manure and compost
Ostomy appliances and transport of goods and passengers by ropeways (Earlier 12 per cent)
Electric vehicles, whether or not fitted with a battery pack
12 per cent
Hotels charging Rs 1,000 or less per day for stay
Solar water heaters (Earlier 5 per cent)
Finished goods like leather products
Maps and charts, including atlases
Renting of truck, goods carriage where the cost of fuel is included (Earlier 18 per cent)
18 per cent
Printing
Writing and drawing ink
LED lamps
Drawing instruments
Tetra packets
Services such as work contracts for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent treatment plants and crematoriums
The GST will remain exempted from unpacked, unlabelled and unbranded goods.