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DMK Dairy Min Peddles Fake News About GST Being Levied For Milk

November 5, 2022
The Commune

Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development SM Nasar has peddled false information that the Central government has levied Goods & Service Tax (GST) for milk.

The DMK Minister was addressing a press meet on 4 November 2022 about the hike in milk prices of state-owned Aavin. The procurement price of cow milk has been increased from ₹32 to ₹35 and that of buffalo milk from ₹41 to ₹44 following which the price of Aavin’s full-cream milk (orange packet) has been increased by ₹12 to ₹60.

Elaborating on the rise in price, the DMK Minister said “The Union Government has levied GST for milk too. It is an unprecedented incident. As a consequence of levying GST for milk, the selling price of milk has gone up.”

The DMK Minister also justified the price rise saying that the price of the milk is less when compared to states like Gujarat and Karnataka which are ruled by the BJP.

It is to be noted that fresh milk and pasteurised milk are fully exempt from GST. Milk products like curd, lassi, butter milk are also exempted from GST if it is sold in form other than pre-packed and labelled. Only pre-packed and labelled milk products attract a 5% GST. 15% GST is levied on pre-packed and labelled butter, ghee, cheese and condensed milk.

BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai lashed out at the DMK Minister for his ignorance about milk being exempted from GST.

“It is because of motor-mouth minister like him that the Tamil Nadu government is suffering from administrative problems.. The dairy development minister of the inefficient DMK regime is the one who does not even know that milk also has no GST. The inefficient DMK government should immediately roll back the milk price hike without telling lies in an irresponsible manner.”

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