Government of India  
Ministry of Finance  
Department of Revenue 
Notification
No. 08/2010-Service Tax 
New Delhi, the 27th February, 2010 
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 
93 of
the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), (hereinafter referred to as the Finance 
Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the 
public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service provided to any 
person in relation to transport of goods, the description of which is specified 
in column (2) of the Table below, by rail as referred to in sub-clause (zzzp) of 
clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, from the whole of the service tax 
leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act. 
 
2. This notification shall come into force on the first day of April, 2010.  
Table 
	
		| Sl.No.     | 
		 Description of Goods | 
	 
	
		| (1)     | 
		 (2) | 
	 
	
		1. 
		2. 
		3. 
		4. 
		5. 
		6. 
		7. 
		8. | 
		Defence/ military equipments 
		Railway equipments/ materials 
		Postal mail bags 
		Relief materials meant for victims of natural or manmade disasters, 
		calamities, accidents and mishap 
		Luggage of train passengers, whether carried as personal luggage in the 
		train compartments or booked separately in the luggage van/Household 
		effects 
		Parcels [including newspaper/magazines registered with Registrar of 
		Newspapers] booked in the luggage vans, where the goods/commodity heads 
		fall below train load class 130 as per the Indian Railway Conference 
		Association(IRCA) Goods Tariff 
		The following goods which are classified in the IRCA Goods Tariff, as 
		below train load class 130 and wagon load class 130 ( Formula: Train 
		Load Class 
		120+10) including ‘Low Rate’ goods viz., LR1, LR2, LR3, LR4: 
		Food grains, flours and pulses(9), Chemical Manure(6), Gunnies(21), Oil 
		cakes and seeds(16), Soap(19), Starch(21), Salt for industrial use(18), 
		Sugar(20), Salt 
		(18),De-oiled cakes(16), Machinery and machine tools(14), Hides and 
		Skins(12), 
		Leather(12), Rubber and plastic(12), Electrical appliances and 
		fittings(22), Empty drums(22), jerry cans and barrels(22), Jaggry(22), 
		Jute(22), Milk and Milk products(22), Organic Manure(22), Paints and 
		polishes(22), Timber(22), Vegetable oil pitches(22), Water(22), 
		Fireworks(23), Boiler components(24), Charcoal(24), Paper(24) 
		Bamboos(25), Brooms(25), Coffee and Tea(25), Cotton and other 
		textiles(25), Fodder and Husk(25), Fruits and vegetables(25) and other 
		perishables like fishery and marine produce, Groceries(25), Live 
		stock(25), Motor
		vehicles(25), Sugar cane and Bagasse(25),Fire clay(7),Edible oils booked 
		in covered wagons and charged as LR4, booked in 4 wheeled Tank wagon and 
		charged as Train Load class-100
		8. Kerosene oil meant for supply through public distribution system; 
		Petroleum
		products including LPG Cylinders (filled and empty) booked by public 
		sector Oil 
		Marketing Companies transported by Indian Railways. 
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[F. No. 334/1/2010-TRU] 
(Prashant Kumar) 
 Under Secretary to the Government of India 
 
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