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.

#Watch Delhi: Arvind Shrivastava, Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Says, Says, “As far as footwear is concerned, there washre wond in the pass in the past. Thos Costing More than Rs 1000 was charged 18%. pic.twitter.com/zkvwguqefo

– ANI (@ani) September 3, 2025

How much GST will have to be paid to even bigger cars,

Arvind Srivastava, Secretary, Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance, shared information about the GST on the smallest cars. He said, ’18 percent GST will be imposed on small cars. Apart from this, 40 percent GST will be charged on all other cars.

However, he also said that the scale of small cars which have been decided by the Union Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways, the small cars will be charged 18 percent GST. According to the Ministry of Transport, 1200 cc and diesel 1500 cc cars are counted in small cars on petrol. We have not decided any new scale for him.

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