India taxes mosquito coils like luxury cafe outings: New study calls for GST change - theweek.in

Every monsoon, crores of Indian families light a mosquito coil, plug in a vaporiser, or reach for a spray or ointment. These products protect children from dengue, malaria and chikungunya, diseases that still kill thousands of Indians every year. Yet under India's GST framework, many of these are still taxed at 18 per cent. A new study by EY India and the Home Insect Control Association (HICA) rev…