Should South India’s consumers pay a steep 18% GST for upma or puliyogare mix?

A ruling by Tamil Nadu’s GST authorities that ready-to-cook items are taxable at 18% rate has triggered a fresh debate on whether South India’s consumers should pay such a steep tax for their everyday-use mixes such as upma, bisi bele bath, puliyogare and lemon rice.  “This is injustice, and we have long been fighting against this,” said P Sadananda Maiya, a packaged food pioneer, who built b…