The Uttar Pradesh government has waived state goods and services tax (GST) on Bollywood film ‘Uri — the Surgical Strike’.
This decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held in the Kumbh Tent City on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the government had decided to exempt state GST on the movie based on surgical strikes by the Indian Army.
“The state GST waiver has been done to instil a feeling of nationalism among the youths and citizens of the country,” Yogi said.
The Chief Minister and his Cabinet later watched the film at the Kumbh Mela Area on Tuesday.
Earlier, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had watched the film along with by Indian Army personnel while Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani had arranged a free screening of the movie for people in Amethi.
The film ‘Uri’ chronicles the events of surgical strike conducted by Indian Army’s special force commandos against suspected militants in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). It tells the story of 11 tumultuous events over which the operation was carried out. The film, directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, was released on January 11.
The film features Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina and Yami Gautam in lead roles.