Why transport of passengers by air, embarking/disembarking from some specified states are kept in exempted list?
Embarking/disembarking from specified states
Harsh Jindal
Exemption for air passenger transport promotes tourism and industrialization by incentivising travel to specified underdeveloped states. Exemption from service tax for transport of passengers by air embarking or disembarking from specified states functions as a targeted fiscal incentive to promote tourism, facilitate industrialization and improve accessibility by lowering the cost barrier to air travel for those economically underdeveloped states. (AI Summary)
TaxTMI
TaxTMI