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Villupuram Member of Parliament D. Ravikumar (VCK) has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to guarantee the continuation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) concession connected the acquisition of cars to persons with disabilities.
In a missive to Ms. Sitharaman, the MP said persons with disabilities were earlier provided 10% GST concession connected the acquisition of cars, paying lone 18% GST, alternatively of the modular rate. However, pursuing the caller revision successful GST slabs, each tiny cars are present uniformly taxed astatine 18%.
Mr. Ravikumar said the Ministry of Heavy Industries had issued a clarification based connected inputs from the Ministry of Finance stating that “the applicable GST complaint for specified tiny cars, whether purchased by the wide nationalist oregon by orthopedically-disabled persons, is uniformly 18%.”
Consequently, the Ministry of Heavy Industries has declared that since the GST complaint is present the aforesaid for all, the signifier of issuing GST Concession Certificates for orthopedically disabled persons nether the GST Exemption Certificate Scheme (GECS) volition beryllium discontinued.
“This determination amounts to sedate injustice to persons with disabilities. The GST concession was not a specified fiscal measurement but an important measurement towards ensuring mobility, dignity, and adjacent opportunities for the differently-abled. Withdrawing the payment imposes an further load connected an already disadvantaged conception of society,” the MP said.
He requested the Centre to guarantee that the 10% GST concession for persons with disabilities continues, successful keeping with the tone of societal justness and inclusivity.
