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India's Biggest Health Policy Changes Of 2025: What Changed Patient Lives
2025 saw landmark policy shifts that reshaped care access, costs and environmental health in India.
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GST 2.0 Healthcare Boost: Medicines, Devices And Insurance Get Cheaper From Today
Most medicines and medical devices will now attract only 5% GST, while individual health and life insurance premiums are completely exempt.
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New GST Rates Highlights: GST 2.0 Takes Effect, Food, Cars, TVs Become Cheaper
GST 2.0 Rates Highlights: The new Goods and Services Tax rates have taken effect today, with many items, including daily food and essentials, as well as life and health insurance policies, becoming cheaper.
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GST 2.0: Individual Health Insurance Premiums To Be GST-Free From Today
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major reform under GST 2.0 at the 56th GST Council meeting on September 3. Effective today, individual health insurance premiums will be completely exempt from GST.
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Centre Directs Insurance Companies To Pass GST Benefits To Policyholders
The government has directed insurance companies to proactively undertake outreach campaigns to publicise GST reforms and pass on the benefits to policyholders.
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GST Reforms Were In Making For 1.5 Years: Nirmala Sitharaman At GST Conclave
Reduction and rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - reducing them to two, and exempting certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - were 18 months in the making, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV.
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Cancer Meds Get Cheaper: GST Council Slashes Tax On 33 Lifesaving Drugs
In what seems like a major public health push, the GST Council has cut GST on medicines, including 33 lifesaving drugs and 3 cancer/rare-disease medicines, to nil, and reduced GST on most other medicines and medical devices.
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Zero GST On Life & Health Insurance From September 22: Who Benefits And How?
From September 22, 2025, all individual life and health insurance premiums will attract 0% GST, down from 18%. Announced after the 56th GST Council meeting, this move cuts upfront costs, may widen coverage, and nudges households to buy adequate prote
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GST Changes Holistic, Coincidental Some Sectors Hit By Tariffs: Piyush Goyal
The rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - from four to two, and exemption of certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - reflect a "holistic and well thought-out" decision, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said.
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'Long Overdue But...': Opposition's '1 Nation, 9 Taxes' Jab Over GST Overhaul
The Goods and Services Tax Council's rationalisation of tax slabs - reducing four brackets to two while exempting several 'daily use' items, including premiums on health and life insurance - has been received with scepticism by the Congress.
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India's Biggest Health Policy Changes Of 2025: What Changed Patient Lives
2025 saw landmark policy shifts that reshaped care access, costs and environmental health in India.
-
GST 2.0 Healthcare Boost: Medicines, Devices And Insurance Get Cheaper From Today
Most medicines and medical devices will now attract only 5% GST, while individual health and life insurance premiums are completely exempt.
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New GST Rates Highlights: GST 2.0 Takes Effect, Food, Cars, TVs Become Cheaper
GST 2.0 Rates Highlights: The new Goods and Services Tax rates have taken effect today, with many items, including daily food and essentials, as well as life and health insurance policies, becoming cheaper.
-
GST 2.0: Individual Health Insurance Premiums To Be GST-Free From Today
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major reform under GST 2.0 at the 56th GST Council meeting on September 3. Effective today, individual health insurance premiums will be completely exempt from GST.
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Centre Directs Insurance Companies To Pass GST Benefits To Policyholders
The government has directed insurance companies to proactively undertake outreach campaigns to publicise GST reforms and pass on the benefits to policyholders.
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GST Reforms Were In Making For 1.5 Years: Nirmala Sitharaman At GST Conclave
Reduction and rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - reducing them to two, and exempting certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - were 18 months in the making, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV.
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Cancer Meds Get Cheaper: GST Council Slashes Tax On 33 Lifesaving Drugs
In what seems like a major public health push, the GST Council has cut GST on medicines, including 33 lifesaving drugs and 3 cancer/rare-disease medicines, to nil, and reduced GST on most other medicines and medical devices.
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Zero GST On Life & Health Insurance From September 22: Who Benefits And How?
From September 22, 2025, all individual life and health insurance premiums will attract 0% GST, down from 18%. Announced after the 56th GST Council meeting, this move cuts upfront costs, may widen coverage, and nudges households to buy adequate prote
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GST Changes Holistic, Coincidental Some Sectors Hit By Tariffs: Piyush Goyal
The rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - from four to two, and exemption of certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - reflect a "holistic and well thought-out" decision, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said.
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'Long Overdue But...': Opposition's '1 Nation, 9 Taxes' Jab Over GST Overhaul
The Goods and Services Tax Council's rationalisation of tax slabs - reducing four brackets to two while exempting several 'daily use' items, including premiums on health and life insurance - has been received with scepticism by the Congress.
