Request to exempt taxes on life saving products by Hon. Sh. Mallikarjun Kharge - Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha

Last updated: 11 May 2021

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Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting a waiver of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on several life-saving products. This includes a call to remove GST from vaccines, ambulances, personal protective equipment, sanitisers, ventilators, and oxygen. Kharge argues that the government should not profit from the sale of these essential items during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

Shri Mallikarjun Kharge- Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha has written a representation letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi amid the second wave of COVID-19. One of the requests of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge is for the centre towaive GST on vaccines (set at 5%), on purchase of ambulances (set a
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Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has requested the tax exemption.

The request was made to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

The products proposed for GST exemption include vaccines, ambulances, protective personal equipment, sanitisers, ventilators, and oxygen.

The current GST rates mentioned are 5% on vaccines, 28% on ambulances, 5% or 12% on PPE, 18% on sanitisers, and 12% on ventilators and oxygen.

The request is made on humanitarian grounds due to the unprecedented crisis faced by the nation during the second wave of COVID-19, where people are struggling to access essential healthcare.



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