The Constitution of India
Exemption from taxes on electricity
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 287
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceotherwise provide, no law of a State shall impose, or authorise the imposition of, a tax on the
consumption or sale of electricity (whether produced by a Government or other persons)
which is—
(a) consumed by the Government of India, or sold to the Government of India for
consumption by that Government; or
1. Substituted by the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, s.13(i)(A), for the words “the sale or
purchase of goods where such sale or purchase takes place” (w.e.f. 16.9.2016).
2. Substituted by s.13(i)(B), ibid, for the words “goods”
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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