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May 3, 2021 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
Dear Finance Minister, cc: @PMOIndia
In the midst of an unprecedented calamity, you have dropped #GST on imports of #COVID-19 vaccines & other items such as medical oxygen
But you added some problematic caveats to restrict such imports
Long Thread.. 1/n thehindu.com/news/national/…
The notification states this tax exemption will only be for material 'received free of cost for free distribution anywhere in India for COVID relief’ @NITIAayog CEO & Revenue Secy then met State Chief Secretaries & asked them 2 appoint nodal officers to certify such imports 2/n
May 2, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
India Inc has urged the Govt. to deploy the armed forces & central security forces to manage the logistics, infrastructure & personnel necessary to address the rising wave of COVID-19 cases, warning that the requirement for hospital beds, oxygen & medicines will continue to rise.
"At this critical juncture when toll of lives is rising, @FollowCII urges the strongest national steps including curtailing economic activity to reduce suffering," CII president Uday Kotak said, in what are the 1st remarks by an industry lobby in favour of a stringent lockdown.
