Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said that now that the Central Government had decided that all religious and charitable institutions would not be burdened with GST on langar, it was high time the Punjab government also announced a complete waiver on State GST on such institutions on the pattern done by the SAD-BJP government under the leadership of Parkash Singh Badal.
“Central Government’s decision to give historic GST relief to religious and charitable institutions is landmark which ensured that no institution serving the cause of humanity need pay additional taxes. In stark contrast, the Congress government in Punjab had announced to waive off State GST on purchases made for Darbar Sahib in the Vidhan Sabha but failed to honour this pledge,” she said.
She said that the Punjab Government should immediately announce a waiver of State GST on langar purchases done by all religious and charitable institutions on the Centre’s pattern to respect people’s sentiments.