“Dear government, stop Taxing Periods”
India welcomed the Goods and Service Tax (GST), a new tax regime on July 1, 2017.The tax reforms, which embodies the principle of “one nation, one tax, one market”, had an impact on
various industries in the country. While the GST has been greeted with cheers by many, it
simultaneously has brought concerns over an issue. Some essential products were not in tax
bracket under the GST rules including condoms and contracepves. Protesters have quesoned
why sanitary pads are not exempted too.
Zarima Israr Khan, Ph.D. scholar in African studies at the Jawaharlal University filed a person
contending that discriminatory and illegal treatment was being meted out to women by an
“unconstuonal and illegal imposion of 12 percent tax” on sanitary napkins. In addion,
Delhi High Court also quesoned the Central government’s decisions to impose 12 percent tax
on sanitary napkins under the GST regime, saying it has exempted “bindi, kajal, sindoor”
which seems more essential than the sanitary napkins.
What common man says:
Thousands more, including several celebrities, have joined another viral campaign making the
same demand. The campaign is called #lahukalagaan‐‐which translates to “tax on blood”.
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