Notification New Delhi, the 27
th
February, 2010
No. 08/2010-Service Tax
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of
the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central
Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby
exempts the taxable service provided to any person in relation to transport of goods, the
description of which is specified in column (2) of the Table below, by rail as referred to in
sub-clause (zzzp) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, from the whole of the
service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.
2. This notification shall come into force on the first day of April, 2010.
Table
Sl.No. Description of Goods
(1) (2)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Defence/ military equipments
Railway equipments/ materials
Postal mail bags
Relief materials meant for victims of natural or manmade disasters, calamities,
accidents and mishap
Luggage of train passengers, whether carried as personal luggage in the train
compartments or booked separately in the luggage van/Household effects
Parcels [including newspaper/magazines registered with Registrar of
Newspapers] booked in the luggage vans, where the goods/commodity heads fall
below train load class 130 as per the Indian Railway Conference
Association(IRCA) Goods Tariff
The following goods which are classified in the IRCA Goods Tariff, as below
train load class 130 and wagon load class 130 ( Formula: Train Load Class
120+10) including ‘Low Rate’ goods viz., LR1, LR2, LR3, LR4:
Food grains, flours and pulses(9), Chemical Manure(6), Gunnies(21), Oil cakes
and seeds(16), Soap(19), Starch(21), Salt for industrial use(18), Sugar(20), Salt
(18),De-oiled cakes(16), Machinery and machine tools(14), Hides and Skins(12),
Leather(12), Rubber and plastic(12), Electrical appliances and fittings(22), Empty
drums(22), jerry cans and barrels(22), Jaggry(22), Jute(22), Milk and Milk
products(22), Organic Manure(22), Paints and polishes(22), Timber(22),
Vegetable oil pitches(22), Water(22), Fireworks(23), Boiler components(24),
Charcoal(24), Paper(24) Bamboos(25), Brooms(25), Coffee and Tea(25), Cotton
and other textiles(25), Fodder and Husk(25), Fruits and vegetables(25) and other
perishables like fishery and marine produce, Groceries(25), Live stock(25), Motor
8.
vehicles(25), Sugar cane and Bagasse(25),Fire clay(7),Edible oils booked in
covered wagons and charged as LR4, booked in 4 wheeled Tank wagon and
charged as Train Load class-100
Kerosene oil meant for supply through public distribution system; Petroleum
products including LPG Cylinders (filled and empty) booked by public sector Oil
Marketing Companies transported by Indian Railways.
[F. No. 334/1/2010-TRU]
(Prashant Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India