Kitchen use items like pickles, mustard sauce and 'morabba' will attract a 12 per cent tax under GST, as against 18 per cent proposed earlier.

Tax on cashew has been cut from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.

Movie tickets costing Rs 100 and below will now attract 18 per cent tax, as against the 28 per cent proposed earlier, while those above Rs 100 will continue to attract 28 per cent tax.

Tax on cutlery will come down from 18 to 12 per cent, while computer printers will be lowered from 28 to 18 per cent.

Tax on insulin and agarbattis will go down from 12 to 5 per cent.

Tax on school bags has been lowered from 28 to 18 per cent, while that on exercise books will come down from 18 to 12 per cent.

GST on workers in diamond, leather, textiles, jewellery and printing industries has been reduced to 5 per cent, from 18 per cent earlier.

The finance minister also hinted that the tax rate on hybrid cars will not be revised. The GST Council had fixed a tax rate of 43 per cent (28 per cent GST plus 15 per cent cess) on hybrid cars.

Mr Jaitley also said that the lottery and e-way bill are two specific issues that will be taken up at the next GST Council meeting on June 18.