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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 29/2018- Central Tax (Rate)

New Delhi, the 31
st
December, 2018

GSR......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 9 of the
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the
recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the
notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
No.13/2017- Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28
th
June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 692(E), dated the 28
th
June,
2017, namely:-

In the said notification,-
(i) in the Table,-
(a) against serial number 1, in the entry in column (2), after item (g), the following proviso
shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that nothing contained in this entry shall apply to services provided by a
goods transport agency, by way of transport of goods in a goods carriage by road, to, -
(a) a Department or Establishment of the Central Government or State
Government or Union territory; or
(b) local authority; or
(c) Governmental agencies,
which has taken registration under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12
of 2017) only for the purpose of deducting tax under section 51 and not for making a
taxable supply of goods or services.”;

(b) after serial number 11 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and
entries shall be inserted, namely: -
(1) (2) (3) (4)
“12. Services provided by business
facilitator (BF) to a banking
company
Business facilitator (BF) A banking company,
located in the taxable
territory
13. Services provided by an agent
of business correspondent
(BC) to business correspondent
(BC).
An agent of business
correspondent (BC)
A business
correspondent, located
in the taxable territory.

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14. Security services (services
provided by way of supply of
security personnel) provided to
a registered person:

Provided that nothing
contained in this entry shall
apply to, -
(i)(a) a Department or
Establishment of the Central
Government or State
Government or Union
territory; or
(b) local authority; or
(c) Governmental agencies;
which has taken registration
under the Central Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of
2017) only for the purpose of
deducting tax under section 51
of the said Act and not for
making a taxable supply of
goods or services; or
(ii) a registered person
paying tax under section 10 of
the said Act.
Any person other than a
body corporate
A registered person,
located in the taxable
territory.”;
(ii) in the Explanation, after clause (g), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(h) provisions of this notification, in so far as they apply to the Central Government and
State Governments, shall also apply to the Parliament and State Legislatures.”.

2. This notification shall come into force on the 1
st
day of January, 2019.
[F. No. 354/428/2018- TRU]


(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: -The principal notification No. 13/2017 - Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28
th
June, 2017was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 692 (E), dated the 28
th
June,
2017 and was last amended by notification No. 15/2018 - Central Tax (Rate), dated the 26
th
July,
2018 vide number G.S.R. 679(E), dated the 26
th
July, 2018.