GST on Gangajal: Here's what experts have to say on complex GST classification structure

The recent controversy around the taxation of 'gangajal' under GST might have irked political parties and seemed to have actually put Finance Ministry on the back-foot as it claimed the commodity is under exempted list, but if one gives a close look, the item is not even mentioned under the 10 commodities notified by CBIC as 'Pooja samagri'. Tax practitioners call it another exampl…