Bollywood celebrities rejoice as sanitary napkins are now exempt from GST

After almost a year long protest, the government has finally decided to exempt sanitary pads from the Goods and Services Tax. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, following the GST council meeting on Saturday in New Delhi, said, “Sanitary napkins will be exempted from Goods and Services Tax.”

Sanitary napkins are taxed under the GST regime’s 12 percent slab and has now been cut to zero percent. Such happy news, right? Even Bollywood celebrities celebrated this decision and took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the same.

Here’s what they tweeted:

Akshay Kumar:

One of those days when a news brings tears of joy as a cause close to ur 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 ur way

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 21, 2018

Twinkle Khanna:

When I raised questions about why there was GST on sanitary pads I had a large number of people barking at me-Glad to see positive results finally #PadManTalks https://t.co/zJqhxGhIx3

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) July 21, 2018

Twinkle also quoted A Muruganantham’s Tweet and wrote, “Every voice makes a difference-it all adds up eventually #PadManTalks”. For those who don’t know, the Akshay Kumar starrer, Twinkle Khanna produced film, ‘PadMan‘ was based on Muruganantham.

Check out the tweet below:

Every voice makes a difference-it all adds up eventually #PadManTalks https://t.co/JwKZrsOoZw

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) July 21, 2018

Himash Kohli:

#SanitaryNapkins are not a luxury, but a necessity. Really glad to know that they are exempted from taxation. ??

— Himansh Kohli (@himanshkohli) July 21, 2018

Rahul Dev:

After years of indifference towards sanitary napkins, feminine hygiene is finally tax free! Landmark decision..
Congratulations to the likes of Faye Dsouza who have helped achieve this ?#SanitaryNapkins #GoodandSimpleGST https://t.co/CtWK6Ts3aR

— Rahul Dev Official (@RahulDevRising) July 21, 2018

Also Read: Twinkle reveals why she doesn’t support menstrual leaves