{"id":73789,"date":"2025-09-23T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:31:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:31:12","slug":"GST reform in Coal Sector \u00c2\u2013 A Transformative Step Towards Aatm Nirbharta in Coal.","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=73789","title":{"rendered":"GST reform in Coal Sector \u00c2\u2013 A Transformative Step Towards Aatm Nirbharta in Coal."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GST reform in Coal Sector \u00c2\u2013 A Transformative Step Towards Aatm Nirbharta in Coal.<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 23-9-2025<BR><BR>The Ministry of Coal has welcomed the landmark decisions taken at the 56th meeting of the GST Council held in New Delhi, which have brought significant changes to the taxation structure of the coal sector. These reforms mark a transformative step towards AatmNirbharta in Coal and represent a balanced approach that benefits both coal producers and consumers alike.<br \/>\nKey Decisions of the 56th GST Council Meeting<br \/>\n * Removal of GST Compensation Cess: The Council has eliminated the Rs.400 per tonne Compensation Cess previously levied on coal.<br \/>\n * Increase in GST Rate on Coal: The GST rate on coal has been raised from 5% to 18%.<br \/>\nT<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxmanagementindia.comhttps:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=56586\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>emoved, tax incidence across all categories has now been aligned to a uniform 39.81%.<br \/>\nThe boost to Aatmanirbhar Bharat and import substitution is evident as the removal of the cess levels the playing field, eliminating the earlier scenario where the flat rate of GST Compensation Cess at Rs.400 per tonne resulted in the landing cost of high gross calorific value imported coal was lower than that of Indian low-grade coal. This reform strengthens India&#39;s self-reliance and curbs unnecessary coal imports.<br \/>\nThe reforms have also removed the Inverted Duty Anomaly by raising the GST rate on coal to 18%. Earlier, coal attracted 5% GST while input services used by coal companies attracted higher GST rates, normally at 18%. This disparity led to a hu<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxmanagementindia.comhttps:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=56586\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GST reform in Coal Sector \u2013 A Transformative Step Towards Aatm Nirbharta in Coal.GSTDated:- 23-9-2025The Ministry of Coal has welcomed the landmark decisions taken at the 56th meeting of the GST Council held in New Delhi, which have brought significant ch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}