Punjab govt waives its half of GST on langar items at Golden Temple

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced in the Vidhan Sabha that the state will forgo its half of the goods and services tax (GST) levied on food items coming into the Golden Temple, Amritsar, for langar (community kitchen). While putting the emotive issue of taxing items at the prime Sikh shrine into the central government’s court now, on a further demand by legislators,…