Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Centre of being “insensitive” towards people with disabilities and demanded that GST on their helping aids and appliances be rolled back.
“GST on disability aids like wheelchairs and Braille typewriters, once again shows this Govt's (government’s) complete insensitivity twds (towards) our most vulnerable,” the Gandhi scion tweeted.
“Congress Party demands a full roll back of this 'disability tax' that will put millions of our disabled people through further hardship,” he added.
Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which came into effect on 1 July, taxes ranging from 5 to 18 per cent on goods used by people with disabilities have been approved.