GST exemption on renting residential buildings withdrawn

01 Jul 2022 CW Team

GST exemption on renting of residential dwelling to business entities (registered persons) has been withdrawn, as per the reported recommendations by the GST Council. GST on LED lamps, lights and fixture, and their metal printed circuits board has increased from 12 per cent to 18per cent, while hotel accommodations upto Rs. 1,000 per day will be taxed at 12 per cent.

As per the clarifications, all fly ash bricks will attract same concessional rate irrespective of the fly ash content. The condition of 90 per cent fly ash content with respect to fly ash bricks will apply only to fly ash aggregate and not on the fly ash bricks. As a simplification measure, the condition of 90 per cent content is being omitted.

Infrastructure Transport

07 Apr 2026

Tunnelling Begins for Thane, Borivali twin tunnel project

Tunnelling work has commenced for the 11.84-km Thane–Borivali Twin Tunnel, set to be India’s longest urban road tunnel, marking a key milestone in Mumbai’s infrastructure development.As per a post shared by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority on social media platform X, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Nayak’—the country’s largest single-shield hard rock TBM for an urban tunnel—was launched by Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday. The event was attended by Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, among other dignitaries. A second TBM, ‘Arjuna’, is expected to be launched so..

Large Format Store Planned At M G Road Metro Station

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Government Cancels Auction Of Eleven Critical Mineral Blocks

The government has cancelled the auction of 11 critical and strategic mineral blocks after receiving a poor investor response and failing to attract a sufficient number of qualified bidders. The decision represents a setback to plans to ramp up domestic exploration and production of critical minerals amid global supply chain disruptions and rising demand for materials used in clean energy and advanced technologies. The mines ministry issued an annulment notice setting out the reasons for the cancellations. The annulment notice indicated that the auction process for five mineral blocks was canc..