Good news for the people of Maharashtra came in at the end of the year when government of Maharashtra decided to waive off the sales tax on kidney related medicines .During the Budget session, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar had announced that taxes in medicines used for dialysis and kidney related ailment would be waived off .Acting accordingly this Wednesday 13 generic medicines and related equipment were announced tax free. The sales tax department had sought the list of medicines and equipment required for dialysis from the public health department and list has been finalized .It will be notified soon to everyone. This step is of government is of great relief for the 4 lakh patient suffering from chronic kidney disease. There are 65000 patients undergoing dialysis. This New Year will surely be a sort of happy one for them.
(DNA)
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