Grant of registration electronically
Rule 9A of the CGST Rules
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From 1 November 2025 a low-risk applicant identified by the portal’s own data analysis is granted registration electronically within three working days of applying – no officer approval step. It sits alongside Rule 9, not in place of it: a flagged application still goes the Rule 9 route.
The exact words of the law
392 characters, uneditedReproduced from the CBIC text. We explain it above — but you should always be able to read it yourself.
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What changed, and when
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2025-10-31 · Inserted
18/2025-Central Tax
Rule inserted by 18/2025-Central Tax dated 2025-10-31 (Seeks to notify the Central Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules 2025).
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Text reproduced from the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, as available on 2026-09-05. The explanation and practice notes above are GSTZone’s own, written for this hub. If you spot anything out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it — this hub is checked daily against CBIC.
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