No tax imposed on food items during The UPA regime? Fact Check

The Indian National Congress’s official Twitter handle tweeted about the number of tax impositions on food items during the UPA regime.  

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The GST council, at its, 47th meeting held in Chandigarh on June 29, 2022, levied a 5% GST on ‘pre-packaged’ and ‘pre-labeled’ food items such as rice, wheat, curd, lassi, based on the recommendations by the GoM on Rate Rationalism, which included Ministers from the TMC, CPIM, and Congress rule states were part of it. 

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Fact check

While digging into the matter, our research discovered the contrary.

In our research, we established that during the UPA regime taxes were increased from 4% to 5% on flour, atta, maida, suji, besan, paddy, rice, wheat, and branded honey.

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As per the report by Economic Times, the official made a statement that imposing 5% GST over pre-labeled and packed food items is not happening for the first time.

Hence, the infographic shared by the official Twitter handle of Congress claiming 0% tax on food items during the UPA regime is a forgery.

Claim	No Tax During UPA On Food Items
Claimed by	Congress Official Handle
Fact Check	False

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