印度政府21日宣布对卫生巾不再征收12%的消费税。一些女性权益保护团体估算,印度有大约80%的女性无力负担或者难以购得卫生用品。免税举措将帮助更多女性安然度过每个月的特殊日子,走进学校和职场。
Sanitary pads are now tax-free in India.
卫生巾在印度免税了。
The Indian government has decided to scrap a controversial 12% tax on the feminine hygiene products, it announced late Saturday, marking a victory for campaigners who have lobbied against the tax for more than a year.
印度政府周六晚间宣布,废除对女性卫生产品征收的12%税收,这一税收之前就备受争议。这标志着反对这项税收的活动人士一年多来的游说取得了胜利。
"[The country's] sisters and mothers will be happy to hear that sanitary pads have been given a 100% exemption and brought down to a tax rate of zero," the country's acting finance minister Piyush Goyal told reporters. "Now there will be no [tax] on sanitary pads."
印度代理财政部长皮尤什-戈亚尔告诉记者说:“所有女性听到卫生巾现在100%免税,税率为零的消息都会非常开心。以后卫生巾都不再收税了。”
Activists say removing the tax on pads tackles one of the biggest barriers to education for girls, who are often forced to stay at home due to a lack of access to clean hygiene products, while also facing stigma and a lack of toilets in schools.
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