NEW DELHI: The GST Council has mostly accepted the recommendations of the Group of Ministers constituted to look into extending the scope of GST concessions and lowering the rates on COVID treatment-related medical devices and drugs. Speaking to the media in New Delhi on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the GST Council has agreed to completely exempt
Yoga guru Ramdev has irreparably damaged the government s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and people creating confusion during such a time are anti-national , the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Tuesday. The doctors body in an open letter to citizens, also alleged that Ramdev thought it fit to launch his tirade against national Covid treatment protocols and the vaccination programme to look for an opportunity to market his products. Ramdev has irreparably damaged the Indian government s efforts to contain the pandemic , the IMA said. People creating confusion during an epidemic regarding national treatment protocols and the national vaccination programme are traitors and anti-nationals. They are anti-people and anti-humanity. They deserve no mercy, it said.
PHD Chamber President Sanjay Aggarwal said that small and medium businesses have been severely impacted due to the pandemic and allowing them to file pending returns with reduced late charges, will encourage them to file returns and ease their compliance burden.