Sale Of National Flag Made From Polyester Exempt From GST

NEW DELHI:  The sale of the Indian national flag, irrespective of whether machine-made or of polyester, is exempt from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the finance ministry stated on Friday.

Hand-woven, hand-spun national flags made of cotton, silk, wool or Khadi are already exempt from GST. Now, the tricolour can be made of hand-spun and hand-woven or machine-made, cotton/polyester/wool/silk/khadi bunting which will be exempt from GST.

In an office memorandum, the Revenue Department clarified that polyester or machine-made tricolour too would be exempt from the levy following amendments to the 'Flag Code of India, 2002' in December last year.

"It has been clarified that the sale of the Indian National Flag, adhering to the Flag Code 2002 and its subsequent amendments, is exempt from GST," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's office tweeted.

It has been clarified that the sale of the Indian National Flag, adhering to the Flag Code 2002 and its subsequent amendments, is exempt from GST. pic.twitter.com/vNvjYPwNqY

— NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) July 8, 2022

The clarification from the finance ministry comes in the backdrop of the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' initiative under the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' -- celebrating 75 years of India's independence.

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