Tax waived for import of drug for girl child
The Hindu
Namakkal MP A.K.P. Chinraj had raised the question in Parliament
The Union Ministry of Finance has said that a GST waiver has been given for a drug procured for treating a girl child suffering from spinal muscular atrophy.
The confirmation that the waiver was ordered in July came in a response from the Union Minister of State for Finance to a question raised by Namakkal MP A.K.P.Chinraj in Parliament, who sought details on the tax waiver for the drug, Zolgensma, imported for treating Baby Mithra.
Two-year-old girl K.S.Mithra, who is undergoing treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, was administered the life-saving drug at a Bengaluru Hospital recently.
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