Works contract Services eans any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person in relation to the execution of a works contract, excluding works contract in respect of roads, airports, railways, transport terminals, bridges, tunnels and dams.
Transport of Goods by Road Service means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a goods transport agency, in relation to transport of goods by road in a goods carriage. (Section 65 (105) (zzp) of Finance Act, 1994 as amended). “Goods transport agency” means any person who provides service in relation to transport of goods by road and issues consignment note, by whatever name called.
“Telecommunication service” means service of any description provided by means of any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence or information of any nature, by wire, radio, optical, visual or other electromagnetic means or systems, including the related transfer or assignment of the right to use capacity for such transmission, emission or reception by a person who has been granted a licence under the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885 )
Port Services by Major Ports means any service provided or to be provided to any person’ by any other person’ in relation to port services in a port’ in any manner. . Exemption to specified services provided within a port (w.e.f.01.07.2010) : 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 following services when provided within a port or an airport
Tour Operator’s Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a tour operator in relation to a tour. Tour Operator” means any person engaged in the business of planning, scheduling, organising or arranging tours (which may include arrangements for accommodation, sightseeing or other similar services) by any mode of transport, and includes any person engaged in the business of operating tours in a tourist vehicle or a contract carriage by whatever name called, covered by a permit, other than a stage carriage permit, granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) or the rules made thereunder;
Site formation and clearance, excavation and earthmoving and demolition” includes,- (i) Drilling, boring and core extraction services for construction, geophysical, geological or similar purposes; or ii) Soil stabilization; or (iii) Horizontal drilling for the passage of cables or drain pipes; or (iv) Land reclamation work; or (v) Contaminated top soil stripping work; or (vi) Demolition and wrecking of building, structure or road, but does not include such services provided in relation to agriculture, irrigation, watershed development and drilling, digging, repairing, renovating or restoring of water sources or water bodies.
Travel by Air Services means any service provided or to be provided to any passenger, by an aircraft operator, in relation to scheduled or non-scheduled air transport of such passenger embarking in India for domestic journey or international journey;
Investment Management Service under ULIP means any service provided or to be provided to a policy holder, by an insurer carrying on life insurance business, in relation to management of investment, under unit linked insurance business, commonly known as Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) scheme.
“Scientific or technical consultancy” means any advice, consultancy, or scientific or technical assistance, rendered in any manner, either directly or indirectly, by a scientist or a technocrat, or any science or technology institution or organization, to any person, in one or more disciplines of science or technology. “Taxable service” means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a scientist or technocrat, or any science or technology institution or organization, in relation to scientific or technical consultancy.
Packaging Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, in relation to packaging activity. “packaging activity” means packaging of goods including pouch filling, bottling, labelling or imprinting of the package, but does not include any packaging activity that amounts to ‘manufacture’ within the meaning of clause (f) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944)
