The GST Council has imposed 40 percent GST on SIN and luxury items, including cold drinks, iced tea, energy beverages and other sweet beverages. Through this, the government wants to give a clear message that Chinese is no longer a dietary problem, but also a public threat.

At the same time, sweets have been kept out of this realm, while due to sugar in the cola, it has also been kept in the Sin category. Surprisingly, GST has been exempted on sweets like Gulab Jamun, Cashew Katli, Rasgulla and Halwa.

Which goods are 5 percent GST
Essential food items have been allowed to remain tax free. The Modi government has reduced GST from 18 percent to 5 percent on many everyday things, including Indian sweets, butter, ghee, dry fruits, thick milk, sausage, meat, sugar sweethearts, jams, jelly, coconut water, salty, bottlened drinking water, fruit pulp, juice, milk -based beverages, icing, pastry, biscuits and grains.

Experts raised questions
Experts have questioned this decision. He says that it seems contradictory because on one hand the government has declared sugar a threat to health, on the other hand it has been excluded from the Sin category. Experts are calling this discrepancy a decision full of policy blindness and political selfishness.

What does icmr say
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), more than 5 percent additional sugar should not be used in daily calories, which is less than the World Health Organization’s 10 percent guidelines. However, in reality, urban Indians consume about 80 to 90 grams of sugar per day, which is three times more than the safe limit mentioned by any health agency.

In such a situation, if we talk about Indian sweets and compare with cola, then the situation becomes even more difficult. A Gulab Jamun contains 56 grams of carbohydrates, most of which is sugar. On the other hand, 250 ml cold drink contains about 26 grams of carbohydrates.

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