Day to Day Consumer Products: Decisions of 56th GST Council Meeting

Adv. D. J. Gaikwad 05 Sep 2025 576 Views 0 comment Print Goods and Services Tax | Articles

The GST Council has recommended reducing the GST rates on a wide range of day-to-day consumer products in its meeting. Many household goods and personal items will see their tax rate lowered from 12% to 5%. This includes items such as tooth powder, candles, matchboxes, feeding bottles, and nipples. The reduction also applies to bicycles and their parts, umbrellas, and various articles of kitchenware and tableware made from wood, porcelain, china, iron, steel, copper, or aluminium. Furthermore, several personal care products, which previously had a higher GST rate, are also being reduced to 5%. This list includes talcum and face powders, hair oil, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet soap, and toothbrushes. These changes aim to lower the cost for a broad spectrum of common goods. Also Read: 1. FAQs on decisions of 56th GST Council Meeting 2. Recommendations of 56th Meeting of GST Council

Recommendations for Day to Day Consumer Products

(12% to 5%)

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
1.	33061010	Tooth powder
2.	3406	Candles, tapers and the like
3.	3605 00 10	All goods-safety matches
4.	3926	Feeding bottles
5.	4014	Nipples of feeding bottles
6.	4202 22 20	Hand bags and shopping bags, of cotton
7.	4202 22 30	Hand bags and shopping bags, of jute
8.	4419	Tableware and Kitchenware of wood
9.	6601	Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas)
10.	6603	Parts, trimmings and accessories of articles of heading 6601 or 6602
11.	6911	Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or china
12.	6912	Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than of porcelain or china
13.	7319	Sewing needles
14.	7321	Kerosene burners, kerosene stoves and wood burning stoves of iron or steel
15.	7323	Table, kitchen or other household articles of iron & steel; Utensils
16.	7418	Table, kitchen or other household articles of copper; Utensils
17	7419 80 30	Brass Kerosene Pressure Stove
18.	7615	Table, kitchen or other household articles of aluminium; Utensils
19.	8452	Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machine of heading 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machines needles and parts of sewing machines
20	8712	Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised
21.	8714	Parts and accessories of bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised, of 8712
22.	9403	Furniture wholly made of bamboo, cane or rattan
23.	9405	Hurricane lanterns, Kerosene lamp / pressure lantern, petromax, glass chimney, and parts thereof
24.	9615	Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof
25.	9619 00 30, 9619 00 40, or 9619 00 90	All goods- napkins and napkin liners for babies, clinical diapers

(18% to 5%)

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
1.	3304	Talcum powder, Face powder
2.	3305	Hair oil, shampoo
3.	3306	Dental floss, toothpaste
4.	3307	Shaving cream, shaving lotion, aftershave lotion
5.	3401	Toilet Soap (other than industrial soap) in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes
6.	96032100	Tooth brushes including dental-plate brushes

Note: The recommendations of the GST Council have been presented in this article containing major item of decisions in simple language for information of the stakeholders. The same would be given effect through the relevant circulars/ notifications/ law amendments which alone shall have the force of law. The author is not promoting or confirms or guarantee the final decision of the government to implement these recommendations and same shouldn’t be a cause of action against author to held responsible for any loss by using this information.