The sanitary napkins (12% tax at present) and fortified milk (which was taxed at 18%) have been exempted from the levy.
28% tax slab are shifted to the lower 18% slab - washing machines, refrigerators, up to 25-inch televisions, vacuum cleaners, perfumes, food grinders, mixers, water cooler, Lithium ion batteries, and paints.
Common-use foot wares Rs 1,000 to be taxed at 5%.
Ethanol oil for oil companies to be taxed at 5 % in place of 18 % earlier.
GST (Goods and Services Tax) on handbags and handmade lamps has been reduced to 12%.
The new GST rates would come into effect from July 27.