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GST Exemption Certificate Scheme

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🎯 Quick Insight

The GST Exemption Certificate Scheme is a significant initiative categorized under Travel & Tourism. It is designed to provide targeted assistance to eligible beneficiaries, helping them achieve better outcomes in travel & tourism.

Complexity Medium
Popularity High
Verification Jan 2026

📝 Overview & Benefits

A concession of 10% on GST can be availed through this certificate and zero cess would be applicable. A person availing of this certificate will have to pay 18% GST & no cess instead of 28% GST & applicable cess on the purchase of a car.

The certificate is issued within a month of receipt of the application complete in all respects.

The certificate is valid for a period of 6 months from the date of issuance.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Any Orthopedic Physically handicapped person having a permanent disability of 40% & above can apply for the benefit under the scheme, irrespective of whether the applicant drives the vehicle himself or otherwise.

Cars (automatic or manual) having a length less than or equal to 4m and engine capacity of not more than 1200 cc (petrol, Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) or 1500 cc (diesel) qualify for purchase under this scheme.

The said Certificate for availing the GST concession would be valid for a period of three months from the date of issue of the certificate and the vehicle would have to be purchased by the applicant within this three-month period to avail the concession.

🚀 Application Process

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Online

Interested and eligible applicants may send their applications in the prescribed format along with all required documents to the following address: The Under Secretary (AEI Section), Department of Heavy Industry, Udyog Bhavan, Room No 428, New Delhi 110011, Tel: 011-23061490

The applicant would inform DHI about the purchase of the vehicle and the Registration number of the vehicle to the Department of Heavy Industry within a period of 30 days from the date of registration of the vehicle.

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📄 Documents Required

Aadhar Card

PAN Card

Unique Disability ID card (UDID) (issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India) or Disability certificate (issued by Central Govt./State Govt./District Govt. bearing the proper signature and seal of the issuing authority wherein their name and registration no. should be mentioned)

Income Tax Return filed for the last three years.

Self-Declaration stating that he has not availed this concession in the last five years and he will not dispose of the vehicle after availing the GST concession for a period of 5 years from the date of purchase in the prescribed format placed in Annexure C.

Details of the Vehicle Model they intend to purchase along with the name of the dealer from whom the vehicle will be purchased and the name of RTO, where the vehicle will be registered.


NOTE: If a person does not have either of the medical certificates as referred above, then duly-filled annexure B is required with the signature and countersignature of orthopaedic doctor and civil surgeon rank officers respectively with their seal indicating their name and registration number.

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Before applying for GST Exemption Certificate..., ensure you have your Aadhar card and bank details ready. Most rejections happen due to mismatched documents.

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  • Category Travel & Tourism
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