{"id":73085,"date":"2025-09-04T21:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:46:03","slug":"bengal-39-39-s-healthcare-leaders-welcome-gst-reforms-highlight-impact-on-affordability-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=73085","title":{"rendered":"Bengal&#39;&#39;s healthcare leaders welcome GST reforms, highlight impact on affordability, access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bengal&#39;&#39;s healthcare leaders welcome GST reforms, highlight impact on affordability, access<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 4-9-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Kolkata, Sep 4 (PTI) Prominent personalities of West Bengal\u2019s healthcare sector on Thursday welcomed the GST rate rationalisation, calling it a critical step toward improving access, affordability, and insurance coverage in the country&#39;s healthcare system.<br \/>\n The GST Council on Wednesday made sweeping changes to the indirect tax regime, approving an overhaul of rates by limiting slabs to 5 per cent and 18 per cent effective from September 22, the first day of Navaratri.<br \/>\n Rupak Barua, managing director and CEO of Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Limited, emphasised the far-reaching impact of the tax reductions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=54671\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>ill be if this step brings direct relief to patients and their families,&#8221; Datta said.<br \/>\n Chairman and managing director of Desun Hospital, Sajal Dutta, highlighted the tangible financial relief expected from the reforms.<br \/>\n &#8220;It&#39;s a welcome step that will directly ease the burden on patients and families. Combined with lower GST on medical insurance, this move will reduce out-of-pocket expenses and make quality care more affordable. On average, hospitalisation costs could come down by 8-10 per cent, offering much-needed financial relief across the healthcare sector,&#8221; Datta said.<br \/>\n Adding further perspective, Dr Sudipta Mitra, chief executive of Peerless Hospital, said the reduction would bring much relief to patients.<br \/>\n &#8220;This would bring much <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=54671\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengal&#8221;s healthcare leaders welcome GST reforms, highlight impact on affordability, accessGSTDated:- 4-9-2025PTIKolkata, Sep 4 (PTI) Prominent personalities of West Bengal\u2019s healthcare sector on Thursday welcomed the GST rate rationalisation, calling it <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}