Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan requests PM Modi to waive tax on imported life-saving drug for child

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has urged PM Narendra Modi to waive GST and customs duty on a life-saving drug to be imported from the US for the treatment of a child suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday urged the Centre to waive GST and customs duty on a life-saving drug to be imported from the US for the treatment of a child suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare disease, in the state. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan requests PM Modi to direct Finance Ministery "not to levy Customs duty & Integrated Goods and Services Tax, in a case involving import of life-saving drug 'zolgensma' for 18 months old Master Muhammed, who's diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy" pic.twitter.com/IoYcLnaUml In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he detailed the plight of 18-month-old Muhammed, a native of Kannur district, who is undergoing treatment for the disease.