Union Finance Ministry to waive off tax on life-saving drug for Kerala infant

All taxes involved in the import of a life-saving drug for a child from Kerala will be waived off, the Union Health Ministry has decided.

The Union Finance Ministry has decided to waive off all the taxes involved in the import of a life-saving drug for a child from Kerala suffering from a serious spinal issue. In a Facebook post, IUML MP from Kerala ET Muhammed Basheer said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has informed him about the decision to waive off all the taxes involved in the import of the medicine for 18-month-old Muhammed who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, a rare and fatal genetic disease.