Question : CENTRAL SALES TAX ON PHARMA RAW MATERIAL



(a) whether Central Sales Tax on pharmaceutical raw material and medicines in the Gujarat is 2.2 percent vis-à-vis in other States of India; and

(b) if so, the reasons for this disparity and steps taken by the Government to immediately stop this imbalance in the rate of Central Sale Tax, which is effecting growth of pharmaceutical industry in other States?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)

(a) & (b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.