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GST on covid medical supplies is draconian: Amit Mitra
New Delhi: Levying Goods and Services Tax (GST) on medical supplies such as personal protection gears, hand sanitisers and oxygen needed for covid-19 management is anti-people and draconian, West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said on Saturday.Mitra’s suggestion comes after the GST council decided earlier in the day to reduce taxes on several medical supplies including oxygen, ventilators and testing kits from 12% to 5%, ambulances from 28% to 12%, furnaces for crematoriums from 18% to 5% and two drugs from 5% to zero.