When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified on GST for traditionally hand-crafted musical instruments

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman found time recently to reply to a post on Thanjavur veenas by social media influencers Pavan and Nandhini. M. Com student Subhashini Kannan, who belongs to a family of veena makers from Thanjavur, had expressed concern over rumours that such instruments too would attract GST. “We don’t get much in terms of profit since we have to invest in the wood an…