INDIA bloc parties protest against GST on health, life insurance premiums
The Hindu
MPs from various parties protest GST on insurance premiums at Parliament, demanding rollback for industry growth.
INDIA bloc parties staged a protest in Parliament premises on August 6 to press for the rollback of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on life and health insurance premiums.
MPs from various parties such as TMC, Congress, AAP and NCP (SC), among others, participated in the protest on the steps leading to the Makar Dwar of Parliament.
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Carrying placards reading "Tax terrorism", the protesting MPs raised slogans demanding that the GST on life and health insurance premiums be rolled back.
Trinamool Congress MPs have raised the issue in Parliament and party president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the matter.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also wrote to Ms. Sitharaman and urged her to consider withdrawing the GST which, he said, amounted to taxing uncertainties of life and restricting the industry's growth.
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