Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 4:53:25 GMT
After a year of protests to eradicate taxes on hygiene products for women, India eliminated them and this was 12% on the products. With this change, the government joins Ireland, Kenya and Canada as one of the few countries where hygiene products are duty-free.
It is a victory for activists who have lobbied against the tax for more than a year.
According to the country's finance minister, Piyush Goyal, “sisters and mothers of the country will be happy to hear that sanitary napkins have been given 100% exemption and reduced to zero tax rate, now there will be no tax on the sanitary towels".
This decision is part of a series of tax cuts AQB Directory towards various items under India's new national goods and services tax. This was introduced a year ago to bring the country's 29 states under a single tax system for the first time in their history.
India eliminated taxes on sanitary napkins, after a year of protests to eradicate taxes on women's hygiene products
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Tax on sanitary napkins in India, the country eliminates it
This means that every product sold in India now has the same tax rate throughout the country, divided into five levels ranging from 0% to 28%.
But sanitary napkins, which cost between five rupees ($0.08) and 12 rupees ($0.20) each, were taxed at 12%, even though other items such as contraceptives are exempt. The decision sparked a storm of protests, with a petition by Indian legislator Sushmita Dev garnering more than 400,000 signatures.
According to information from CNN, Dev thanked all his followers through a tweet and also criticized the government for taking more than a year to eliminate the tax on towels.
"Clearly, the Government presented frivolous arguments for a year and delayed it."
Several groups protested the imposition of the tax, including a viral campaign called LahuKaLagaan, or “blood tax,” started by an organization called SheSays.
It is a victory for activists who have lobbied against the tax for more than a year.
According to the country's finance minister, Piyush Goyal, “sisters and mothers of the country will be happy to hear that sanitary napkins have been given 100% exemption and reduced to zero tax rate, now there will be no tax on the sanitary towels".
This decision is part of a series of tax cuts AQB Directory towards various items under India's new national goods and services tax. This was introduced a year ago to bring the country's 29 states under a single tax system for the first time in their history.
India eliminated taxes on sanitary napkins, after a year of protests to eradicate taxes on women's hygiene products
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Tax on sanitary napkins in India, the country eliminates it
This means that every product sold in India now has the same tax rate throughout the country, divided into five levels ranging from 0% to 28%.
But sanitary napkins, which cost between five rupees ($0.08) and 12 rupees ($0.20) each, were taxed at 12%, even though other items such as contraceptives are exempt. The decision sparked a storm of protests, with a petition by Indian legislator Sushmita Dev garnering more than 400,000 signatures.
According to information from CNN, Dev thanked all his followers through a tweet and also criticized the government for taking more than a year to eliminate the tax on towels.
"Clearly, the Government presented frivolous arguments for a year and delayed it."
Several groups protested the imposition of the tax, including a viral campaign called LahuKaLagaan, or “blood tax,” started by an organization called SheSays.