Sanitary Napkins Exempted From GST, Women Rejoice on Social Media

Delhi Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday, 21 July, said that sanitary napkins, among other things, had been exempted from the Goods and Services Taxes (GST). Sisodia's announcement comes on the sidelines of the 28th GST Council Meet.

Sanitary napkins were taxed 12 percent tax under the one-year old GST regime, which attracted serious criticism from various quarters.

Meanwhile, several people took to Twitter to laud the government’s decision.

I hear that sanitary napkins have been exempted from GST. I want to thank all the people who signed my petition #taxfreewings
Clearly the government had put forth frivolous arguments for one year & delayed it.

— Sushmita Dev (@sushmitadevmp) July 21, 2018

Huge win for us all -Sanitary napkins to be exempt from GST!
Thank you, GSTCouncil for doing what’s right by the women of India & dropping the #lahukalagaan @SheSaysIndia had filed a PIL over this issue along with other prayers in 2017.https://t.co/JjUmIRPtn8

— Trisha Shetty (@TrishaBShetty) July 21, 2018

Excellent news once confirmed: GST lifted off sanitary napkins. Our SC case on this point may (happily) be mooy. https://t.co/idmgsk6aP6

— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) July 21, 2018

Women groups across the country had carried out marches calling for GST to be slashed off in sanitary napkins.

In January, students from Gwalior had launched a campaign by writing messages on sanitary napkins to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to exempt the taxes levied on the product .

(With inputs from ANI.)