Pharmaceutical companies offering freebies may come under GST lens

Pharmaceutical companies offering buy-one-get-one-free schemes or 20% extra for the same price may have to pay goods and services tax ( GST ) on the extra quantities, raising prospect of the principle being applied to a broad spectrum of consumer products, said people with knowledge of the matter. The tax heads of firms such as  Novartis India ,  Sun Pharma ,  Cipla ,  Lupin ha…