Reduce GST On Air Purifiers If Clean Air Can't Be Ensured: Delhi High Court To Centre

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : A two-judge Bench of the Delhi High Court, led by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar and comprising Justice Tushar Rao, observed that if authorities cannot provide clean air to people, then the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers should be reduced.
47% : It contends that air purifiers have become essential for maintaining minimally safe indoor air quality and that the current tax burden is arbitrary, unreasonable, and constitutionally impermissible.
41% : The petition challenges the 18 per cent GST levied on air purifiers, arguing that the high tax rate makes these devices financially inaccessible to large sections of the population.

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