Panaji, June 17 -- Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has written to state Chief Minister Pramod Sawant urging him to withdraw additional COVID cess on Goods and Services Tax (GST) for pharmaceutical industry.
In a letter written to Chief Minister, GCCI President Manoj Caculo said, ''During the 43rd GST Council Meeting via video conferencing chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, held at New Delhi, one of proposal shared was by Government of Sikkim for nominal cess on pharmaceutical industry. It was also learnt that Goa Government was contemplating on levying similar cess on GST for Pharmaceutical sector.''
He said that during the pandemic for the last two years, pharmaceutical was probably the only industry whic...