Fri, Jul 27, 2018
The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, last week pruned the highest 28 per cent tax slab by moving some white goods to the 18 per cent tax bracket. It was decided that the new tax rates would come into effect from July 27.
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Tue, Mar 06, 2018
The Railway Women's Welfare Central Organisation (RWWCO) started an initiative 'Dastak' at its Sarojani Nagar branch from January 1, which is dedicated to the production of low-cost, eco-friendly and hygienic sanitary pads.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
GST Council revised tax rates on 27 items and 12 services. However, even after petitions and letters to the government to reduce tax incidence on sanitary pads it was not revised.
Mon, Jul 10, 2017
The government said, "Sanitary napkins are classifiable under heading 9619. In pre-GST, they attractedconcessional excise duty of 6% and 5% VAT and, the pre-GST estimated total tax incidence on sanitary napkins was 13.68%. Therefore, 12% GST rate had been provided for sanitary napkin."
Sun, Jun 11, 2017
In its 16th GST Council meet the committee revised rates for 66 items. Tax rates have been lowered for certain items like movie tickets, computer printers and agarbatti.
Mon, May 29, 2017
Why do we need technology or hospitals or airplanes or anything modernised when we have traditional alternatives for everything? The primary factor here is that if a sanitary napkin was invented for menstruation, it cannot be classified as a privilege of some women, leaving behind the majority because they have been using and have the option to use conservative substitutes.
Fri, Apr 28, 2017
Nearly 88% women in India do not use sanitary napkins and majority do not know the importance of menstrual hygeine. However the issue has been sidelined over the years to give importance to social media campaigns.
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