Disability aids, appliances should not attract 5% GST: Parliamentary panel
Aids and appliances for people with disabilities should not attract a 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) charge as it does now, a Parliamentary panel has noted. Noting that these materials are critical for the disabled to "pursue independence, literacy and employment with dignity", the panel has asked the social justice ministry to take up the matter with the GST Council at the earliest. …