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Business is not necessary to term an activity as supply under GST.

In the revised model GST Law supply is the point of tax. Section 3 of the act defines supply as: ( 1) Supply includes— (a) all forms of supply of goods and/or services such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made or agreed to be made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business, (b) importation of services, for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance of business, and (c) a supply specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made without a consideration. (2) Schedule II, in respect of matters mentioned therein, shall apply for determining what is, or is to be treated as a supply of goods or a supply of services. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), (a) activities or transactions specified in schedule III; or (b) activities or transactions undertaken by the Central Government, a State Government or any local authority in which they are enga