Healthcare Tax: After reading this message, most of the people are thinking that a new tax has been imposed by the government. But this is not the reality.
Tax on Healthcare: If you spend a lot on things related to healthcare, then this news is for you. After reading this news, you may definitely get shocked once. A message is going viral on these social media that in this budget, 5 percent tax has been imposed on healthcare by the Modi government. After reading this message, most of the people are thinking that a new tax has been imposed by the government. But this is not the reality.
Fact Check The claim was found to be fake.
If you too have received such a message, then you must know its reality. When the PIB Fact Check of the message going viral was done, its reality came to the fore. In the fact check, it was found that this claim is completely fake. Also, it was told in PIB Fact Check that the letter attached with the tweet is from the year 2011 and it is being shared in the wrong context.
Government’s official fact
checker ‘PIB Fact Check’ has prohibited people from forwarding any such misleading message. The above message was told by PIB Fact Check that this claim is completely fake. No such order has been given by the government.
What’s in the viral message?
In the message going viral on social media, it is being claimed that additional tax is being imposed by the government on healthcare. In this message, the government is also demanding to withdraw the new tax. But this is not the reality. It was claimed in the message that during the 2023 budget itself, the government has imposed 5 percent tax. But there is no reality in this.