Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, the GST Council handed the public the gift of inflation by drastically reducing GST rates. Everyday items became cheaper, from food and drink to housing, clothing, home construction, and education.
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GST Price Cut from 22nd September: New GST rates are coming into effect today, September 22, 2025. Many items, including food, medicines, and electronics, are becoming cheaper, while taxes on luxury goods have increased. See which items are becoming cheaper and which are becoming more expensive from today. This Navratri is beginning with double joy. With the start of the festive season, many items are becoming cheaper due to changes in GST rates. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, the GST Council gave people the gift of inflation by drastically reducing GST rates. Many everyday items have become cheaper, from food and drinks to items for living, clothing, home construction, and education.
Everyday Items Cheaper
Now, items like ghee, cheese, butter, namkeen, jam, ketchup, dried fruits, coffee, and ice cream will be taxed less. Prices of these items will decrease.
- Butter, ghee, butter oil, dairy spreads
- Paneer (Cheese)
- Chhena or Paneer
- Roti, Chapati, Khakhra
- Pasta, noodles, couscous
- Pastries, cakes, biscuits
- Corn flakes,
- Cakes, biscuits, pastries
- steel utensils
- Namkeen, Bhujia, Mixture (Packaged)
- Sauces, spices, seasonings
- Tea, coffee extract, chicory
- Pasta, noodles
- Jam, jelly, marmalade
- Coconut water (packaged)
- condensed milk
- Toothbrush, dental-plate brush
- toothpaste
- tooth powder
- toilet soap
- Shampoo
- Hair Oil
- Shaving cream, shaving lotion, aftershave
- napkins
- Pizza Bread
- Paratha, Parotta Bread
- Clay utensils
- Ceramic Tableware, Kitchenware
- dry fruits
- Dates, figs, pineapple, avocado, mango (dried)
- Citrus fruits (oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, lemons, limes, dried)
- Other dry fruit and nut mixes (except tamarind)
- Brazil nuts
- Sugar Confectionery
- Chocolate
- Pastries, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ ware
- Corn Flakes, Bulgur Wheat, FRK
- ice cream
- Soups and broths
- Tomato and Mushroom Preserves
- Vinegar Preserves Vegetables
- Yeast, baking powder
- Texturized Vegetable Protein (Soya Badi)
- Extruded Namkeen
- Malt extract, edible preparations
- Cocoa butter, oil, powder
- Malt-barley
- Vegetable juices, extracts
- refrigerator
- washing machine
- Television sets (all sizes)
- air-conditioner
- microwave oven
- Induction Cooker, Rice Cooker, Heat
- Grinder, Mixer, Juicer
- sewing machine
- Vacuum Cleaner
- electric iron
- Hair dryer, hair straightener, electric shaver
- Footwear up to Rs 2500
- carpet
- Bamboo and metal furniture
- wooden furniture
- Plastic Molded Furniture
- Cane and rattan furniture
- Glass bangles, candles, umbrellas
- Handcraft Handbags, Pouches, Purses
- Handbags and shopping bags, handmade shawls, hats
- Pencils, crayons, pastels, chalk, erasers, rubber bands
- Toys like tricycles, scooters, pedal cars, dolls
- Playing cards, Chess board, Carrom board, Educational toys
- Uncoated paper and paperboard
- All medicines, diagnostic kits and reagents for personal use
- Feeding Bottles
- surgical rubber gloves
- contact lenses
- Talcum powder, face powder
- Cement, jute, rice husk, gypsum, sisal, bagasse, cotton stalks
- Ceramic Building Bricks, Blocks, Tiles
- Tabla, Mridangam, Veena, Sitar, Flute, Shehnai, Dholak
- Bicycle
- dishwasher
- Motorcycles (up to 350cc)
- Scooters and mopeds
- Auto, E-rickshaw
- Cars (small and medium sized)
- electric vehicles
- ambulance
- Buses and trucks
- Tires, Tractor Parts
- New pneumatic tires
- matchsticks
What will be expensive?
- Pan Masala
- all flavored or sweetened waters
- Non-alcoholic beverages, carbonated fruit drinks
- Caffeinated drinks
- Plant-based milk drinks
- Raw tobacco, tobacco residue
- cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, cigarettes
- Tobacco/nicotine products (non-combustion inhalants)
- Coal, briquettes, solid fuels made from coal
- Lignite
- Menthol derivatives
- Motorcycle (above 350cc)
- SUVs and Luxury Cars
- Revolvers and pistols
- Private jets, business planes, helicopters
- yacht
