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Govt reduces GST on commonly used items; new rates to be effective from 22nd of this month

  The Government has reduced GST on several items across different categories. GST reducing rate will be effective from 22th of this month. Briefing the media in New Delhi today, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that GST on common man and middle-class items has been reduced from 18 per cent or 12 per cent to 5 per cent. The Finance Minister informed that items such as hair oil, toilet soap, soap bars, shampoos, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bicycles, tableware, kitchenware, and ot...