Gst On Wheelchair

The Supreme Court on Friday termed the issue of levy of Goods and Services Tax on the mobility devices for people with disability as a "serious matter" and wondered how the court can break "shackles of policy".

The government today rejected Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's allegations of GST tax rates being "insensitive" to the disabled, saying assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.

The Supreme Court on Friday termed the issue of levy of Goods and Services Tax on the mobility devices for people with disability as a "serious matter" and wondered how the court can break "shackles of policy".

The government today rejected Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's allegations of GST tax rates being "insensitive" to the disabled, saying assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.