In the meeting of the GST Council chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, there have been very big changes in the tax slab. Now only two slabs are left in GST, while the slabs of 12 percent and 28 percent have been completely abolished. During the press conference of the Finance Minister, it has been told that if you bought a slippers of one thousand rupees, then how much GST used to give earlier and how much GST will be installed after the new slab is implemented.
What percentage will be GST on footwear now?
After the GST Council meeting, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a press briefing on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) with Arvind Srivastava, Secretary, Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance. During this, Arvind Srivastava, Secretary, Revenue Department, gave information about the tax on footwear. He said, “So far, on buying footwear up to Rs 1000, customers were taxed at 12 percent and 18 percent GST was charged for purchasing footwear worth more than 1000 rupees.”
He said, ‘Because now a tax slab of 12 percent has been removed. So according to the new tax slab, 5 percent GST will be imposed on footwear up to Rs 2500 from now and 18 percent GST will be imposed on footwear worth more than Rs 2500.
(This news is being updated.)