Aligarh, Sept. 4 -- Following the Centre's announcement of new GST rate cuts during the 56th meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi, housewives and students thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the reduction of taxes on food items, which has been lowered from 18 pc to 5 pc on Thursday.

Speaking to ANI, Swati Gupta, a housewife in Aligarh, expressed her happiness over the prime minister's decision to reduce GST during Navratri, as these new rates will be levied from September 22 this year.

"I am very happy with Modi's decision to reduce the GST on Navratri. He has also reduced the GST on food. He has reduced it from 18 pc to 5 pc," Gupta told ANI.

She further expressed her happiness over the reduction of GST rates on health insuran...