One of the key players who helped India tackle the COVID pandemic with his Covaxin (vaccine), chairman of Bharat Biotech Krishna Ella pitched for GST waiver at the NABARD-Businessline Millets Conclave held in Hyderabad on Friday.
“Government should remove GST on millets so that everyone can join the mission on millets,” he said at a fireside chat with Richa Mishra, senior associate editor of Businessline.
His views found support from C. Tara Sathyavathi, director of the Indian Institute of Millets Research, a Centre of Excellence in millets. “If demand for millets can increase rapidly, we can request the government to consider GST waiver,” she said.
