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Upto 24th January 2018 - Renting of immovable property by govt agencies to business entities under Forward charge.
From 25th Jan 2018 onwards (notif. 3/2018-CT(R)) - Renting of immovable property by govt. agencies to registered persons under GST under RCM. Otherwise would remain under Forward charge. (ex: to a person not registered under GST).
Therefore, a person who is not registered, who rents an immovable property from govt. need not get registered as the transaction would not be liable to RCM.
Hope you could understand the difference.