Expert panel set up to chalk out a comprehensive tobacco tax policy

NEW DELHI  : The government has set up an expert group led by a senior health ministry official to prepare a comprehensive tax policy proposal covering all tobacco products from a public health perspective. The nine-member panel is led by Vikas Sheel, additional secretary in the health ministry, and includes representatives of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, NITI Aayog, Central Boar…