GST rate hike comes in effect from Monday: Here's what will get costlier

From next week, many household items, hotels, and bank services, among other things, will get costlier after the GST rates were hiked for several items in the 47th Goods and Services Tax meeting in Chandigarh last month.

While The GST council proposed to withdraw tax exemptions for a few items and rate changes for others, exemptions for many others were removed. 

The increased rates for various products and services will come into effect from Monday, July 18. 

Here's what will get costly from Monday:
 

• LED lamps; ink, knives, blades, pencil