Govt, industry quarrel over GST on hand sanitisers

Mumbai/New Delhi: Multiple  goods and services tax  ( GST ) rates have now become a bone of contention between  hand sanitiser  manufacturers and the government.  Last month, the  Central Economic Intelligence Bureau  alerted GST authorities about manufacturers of alcohol-based hand sanitisers paying 12% GST by “wrongly classifying” them as “medicaments” (under t…