Pharma industry deny allegations of GST evasion on hand sanitisers

Upset over allegations of GST evasions on the manufacturing and marketing of alcohol-based hand sanitisers, the pharma industry has requested that the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) should consult with the GST Council and provide urgent clarifications on this issue.   Refuting charges of wrong classification of hand sanitisers, it claims that from 2017 (time of new GST regim…