Akshay Kumar in 'tears of joy' after sanitary napkins exempted from GST
July 22, 2018  14:45
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National Award winning Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, whose film "PadMan" tried to create awareness on menstrual hygiene, has thanked the GST Council for making sanitary napkins Goods and Services Tax free.

Expressing his happiness, Akshay tweeted: "One of those days when a news brings tears of joy as a cause close to your heart gets fulfilled. Thank you, #GSTCouncil, for understanding the need for menstrual hygiene & exempting sanitary pads from tax. I'm sure crores of women in our country are silently sending gratitude your way."

​The GST on sanitary pads has been cut from 12 per cent to zero.

Earlier this year, Akshay narrated the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who introduced the low-cost sanitary napkins in India, in "PadMan".
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