Punjab Finance Minister slams continued GST on COVID related material
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Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Saturday said the GST’s Group of Ministers (GoM) should stop acting like a shahenshah (emperor) of yesteryears and instead let compassion speak through
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Saturday said the GST’s Group of Ministers (GoM) should stop acting like a shahenshah (emperor) of yesteryears and instead let compassion speak through its decisions amid the COVID-19 crisis, which is a once in a century calamity. Demanding that all COVID-related goods be zero-rated during the pandemic, Mr. Badal, along with other Finance Ministers representing the Indian National Congress (INC), vehemently opposed the imposition of GST on COVID related items and recorded their note of dissent.
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