GST 2.0 · 22 Sep 2025 · 8 items
Education — HSN and GST rate
6 items changed rate at the 56th GST Council; the rest are common goods whose rate stayed. Each row: HSN, description (in the Council’s own words), current rate and the earlier rate.
| HSN | Description | GST | Before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4016 | Erasers | Nil | 5% |
| 4905 | Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed | Nil | 12% |
| 8214 | Pencil sharpeners | Nil | 12% |
| 9608, 9609 | Pencils (including propelling or sliding pencils), crayons, pastels, drawing charcoals and tailor’s chalk | Nil | 12% |
| 4820 | Exercise book, graph book, & laboratory note book and notebooks | Nil | 12% |
| 7310 or 7326 | Mathematical boxes, geometry boxes and colour boxes | 5% | 12% |
| 4901 | Printed books, including braille books | Nil | — |
| 4902 | Newspapers, journals and periodicals | Nil | — |
Other sectors
Agriculture SectorCoalCommon Man ItemsConstruction SectorConsumer ElectronicsDefenceFertilizer SectorFood SectorFootwear SectorHandicrafts SectorHealth SectorLeather SectorMiscellaneous ItemsOther MachineryOther ProposalsPaper SectorRenewable EnergySports Goods And ToysTextile SectorTobaccoTransportation SectorWood Sector
Last verified: 18 September 2026 — rate changes from Annexure-II of the 56th GST Council press release (3 September 2025), Notifications 9/2025 and 10/2025-CT(Rate), effective 22 September 2025; tobacco/pan masala 40% from a date to be notified. Descriptions are the press-release wording (abbreviated in places) — confirm against the CBIC tariff before invoicing · Not tax advice.