Papads don’t attract GST, but fryums face 18% rate

Mumbai: No  Gujarati thali  is complete without a  papad , be it fried or roasted. Fortunately for consumers, as the  GST burden is ultimately borne by them, the Gujarat bench of the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that  Papads will attract nil GST.  Interestingly, the AAR bench observed that Papads were handmade once. Hence, it was easier to roll them int…