Education, healthcare and pilgrimages will continue to be out of service tax net even under the GST regime as the Centre is against giving any shock in the first year of the rollout by bringing in new services. Rajat Mohan, Director- Indirect Taxation shares his views on  Education, healthcare to be out of GST and Finance Ministry Seeks Public Comments On GST Rules for following publications:
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  • DNA
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  • Indian express
  • LiveMint
  • The Hindu
  • PTI
–          Education, healthcare to be out of GST – picked up by 562 other news publication –          Finance Ministry Seeks Public Comments On GST Rules- picked up by 307 other news publication (Stories flashed by PTI have been picked up by Economic Times, Business Standard, Financial Express, The Hindu, LiveMINT, moneycontrol.com, DNA and many more..) Attached are links to the article http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/higher-levy-under-gst-for-demerit-goods-exchange-offers-117040200752_1.html http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/companies-can-avail-up-to-40-per-cent-gst-credit-for-excise-already-paid-on-stocks/articleshow/57980821.cms http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/finmin-places-8-set-of-gst-rules-in-public-domain-applicable-once-it-is-implemented-from-july-1-seeks-comments/612268/ http://profit.ndtv.com/news/economy/article-finance-ministry-seeks-public-comments-on-gst-rules-1676476 http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/education-healthcare-to-be-out-of-gst-2251527.html https://www.bloombergquint.com/gst/2017/04/02/no-gst-shock-this-year-healthcare-and-education-to-be-exempt http://www.livemint.com/Politics/2QQZlIiL8YsEOudFdBiX2K/Education-healthcare-to-be-out-of-GST.html http://businessworld.in/article/Education-Healthcare-To-Be-Out-Of-GST/02-04-2017-115569/ http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/education-healthcare-to-be-out-of-gst/article17762031.ece