Gujarat AAR rules parathas are not ready-to-eat, puts them under 18% GST

Ruling is in response to Vadilal Industries' query on whether they would attract 5%, as in the case of khakras or rotis

The controversy over the goods and services tax (GST) rate on food products refuses to die. Now, the Gujarat-based authority of advance rulings (AAR) has ruled that 'parathas' would attract 18 per cent GST.

The applicant, Vadilal Industries, sought to know whether various kinds of 'parathas' supplied by them would attract five per cent GST in line with 'khakhra', plain chapati or 'roti'. To buttress its contention, the company gave definition of the word 'paratha' from various English dictionaries and Wikipedia, as it is not defined in the GST laws and rules under them.

For instance it said in Merriam