Mamata Urges PM Modi to Waive Taxes, Duties on Medical Equipment, Drugs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to waive all types of taxes and customs responsibility on gear and medicines getting used to struggle the Covid-19 pandemic. Banerjee additionally urged Modi to strengthen well being infrastructure and increase provides of apparatus, medicines and oxygen for remedy of coronavirus-positive sufferers.

“Numerous organisations, people and benevolent businesses have come ahead to donate oxygen concentrators, cylinders, containers and Covid-related medication. “Many of the donors have approached the state authorities to think about exemption of those from customs responsibility, SGST, CGST, IGST,” she said in the letter.

“As the rate structure falls under the purview of the central government, I would request that these items may be exempted from GST/customs duty and other such duties and taxes to help remove supply constraints of the above-mentioned life-saving drugs and equipment and contribute towards effective management of the Covid pandemic,” Banerjee mentioned. She has been attacking the Centre for “failing” to control the spread of the disease in the country.

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