Companies make over 25 kg packs to avoid 5% GST

Companies selling branded rice, wheat flour, or atta, and pulses have started making heavier packets to avoid 5%  GST  on pre-packaged, pre-labelled food up to 25 kg. These packets are primarily meant for  kirana  stores from where consumers buy the commodities in the loose form, for which no GST is levied.  The  CBIC  on Sunday clarified that pre-packaged food i…