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TAX CUTS ON KEY MEDICINES TO EASE TREATMENT BURDEN: EXPERTS
September 05, 2025
|Hindustan Times Delhi
The reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on various essential drugs, including key drugs for treatment of cancer, rare diseases, and severe chronic conditions, will help ease the treatment burden and benefit patients in the long run, experts said.
“The government's decision to exempt lifesaving and cancer medicines from GST is a step that will bring direct relief to patients and their families. Equally, the reduction in GST on a wide range of medicines from 12% to 5% will help ease the overall treatment burden and make essential therapies more affordable,” Sudarshan Jain, secretary general, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, said
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