Chandigarh:The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Shri V.P. Singh Badnore has welcomed Union Government’s decision to waive off GST on the Langars served in Gurudwaras and thanked Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi for having announced this decision in the larger interest of the Punjabis.
The Governor further said that the Punjabis in general are indebted to the Prime Minister for taking such a commendable decision exempting all the religious institutions serving ‘langar’ from the central Goods and Services Tax (GST). He said that the food bill of Golden temple alone is around Rs 75 core per year as daily about 70,000 to 80,000 thousand people visit the holy shrine and on weekends this number increases to 1.25 lakh to 1.50 lakh per day. On auspicious days like, Gurparab, Diwali, Baisakhi, this number touches 6 lakhs. Most of them have Langar in Sri Harmandir Sahib which is also auspicious.