I&B Ministry recommends GST reduction for digital news subscriptions
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has urged the Department of Revenue to take initiatives for exempting digital news subscriptions from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or bringing it down to 5% from 18%. “In a letter to the Department last month, the I&B Secretary had written to the Revenue Secretary in this regard, recommending that either the GST on digital…