'Reduce 28% GST On ACs': Netizens Demand Cut In Taxes Amid Ongoing Heatwave
The climate in the southern hemisphere has only gotten severe over the past few years. And summers are when a lot of the rubrics of basic human existence are put to a gruelling test. Multiple tranches of heatwaves have swept across the sub-continent in the past months (April-May). The mercury scaled the summit of high temperatures fervently, with many cities and towns witnessing temperatures as high as a burning 50 degrees celsius.
In the middle of this May mayhem, the need for power and particularly the need for air-conditioning systems has come to focus. ACs once a sign of luxury has come to become a necessity for many, from offices and commercial establishments to now houses.
