NEW DELHI: The central public works department (CPWD) procured 405 air purifiers in past four years. These were provided to offices, chambers, VIP lounges, dining halls, courtrooms, ministers’ chambers and Constitution Club of India, govt told Lok Sabha on Thursday.In a written reply, housing and urban affairs ministry said during 2023–24 and 2024–25, CPWD procured…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday deferred lowering the GST on air purifiers, a day after the Delhi high court suggested a look into the matter while hearing a plea about the severe pollution plaguing the Capital.Appearing for the Centre, additional solicitor general N Venkatraman told a bench of justices Vikas Mahajan and Vinod Kumar…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the GST Council to meet at the earliest and consider lowering or abolishing goods and services tax on air purifiers in view of worsening air quality in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela listed the matter for December…
New Delhi: Kapil Madan, the petitioner in a PIL related to air pollution, told the Delhi High Court that the plea seeks a reduction in GST on air purifiers from 18 per cent to 5 per cent. He said the petition relies on a government notification defining medical devices, while the court has listed the…