Abolish or reduce tax on air purifiers in Delhi, HC tells GST Council

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the GST Council to meet at the earliest and consider lowering or abolishing goods and services tax on air purifiers in view of worsening air quality in the national capital.
50% : The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the central government to classify air purifiers as "medical devices" and reduce the goods and services tax (GST) to the five per cent slab.
49% : " To this, the bench said, "Having regard to the concerns raised in the writ petition as also to the report of parliamentary committee (on climate change), we direct that the issue of lowering or abolishing the GST on air purifiers and HEPA filters shall be considered by the GST council at the earliest." The petitioner's counsel submitted that the Central government had issued a notification in February 2020 by which regulatory framework governing drugs was expressly extended to all categories of medical devices.
43% : Earlier in the day, the high court expressed displeasure over the authorities doing nothing to grant exemption from taxes on air purifiers in this "emergency situation" when the air quality index (AQI) is 'very poor'.

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