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Viral video: Instagram influencer’s humorous take on GST hike leaves netizens in splits

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In a witty take on India's revised GST slabs, Instagram influencer Radha mocks the tax system with humor and satire. Her viral video, portraying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, highlights the absurdity of potential taxes, leaving viewers amused and questioning the limits of taxation.

In a witty take on India's revised GST slabs, Instagram influencer Radha mocks the tax system with humor and satire. Her viral video, portraying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, highlights the absurdity of potential taxes, leaving viewers amused and questioning the limits of taxation.

Arshdeep Kaur

Updated24 Dec 2024, 02:16 PM IST

The influencer's comic take on taxing organ donations and other bodily fluids sparked laughter and concern among viewers amid outrage over recent GST updates.
The influencer's comic take on taxing organ donations and other bodily fluids sparked laughter and concern among viewers amid outrage over recent GST updates.(Screengrab)

Amid the ongoing social media outrage over revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) tax slabs, an Instagram influencer has shared her hilarious take on this new update, mimicking Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

This video came after the GST Council announced that non-branded popcorn mixed with salt and spices would attract a 5% GST, pre-packaged and branded popcorn 12%, and caramel popcorn, categorised as sugar confectionery, 18%.

In the now-viral video, Mumbai-based comedian, Radha, who goes by Radha – the funny foodie on Instagram, sarcastically mocked the Indian taxing system.

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Dressed in a saree to match the look of Sitharaman, Radha said in the video: "The GST Council has decided to include organ donation within the purview of GST. Now, anytime anyone donates or receives an organ, the surgery will be taxed at 18% GST."

Copying the FM's style of clarification "for media speculations", the comedian said, "If you are in kidney failure, and you receive a kidney from somewhere...your life has been extended. That extension of life is what will come under GST."

Radha joked that GST will apply to cornea donation and blood donation. "When the cornea is donated, a blind person receives a gift of sight...and gifts 'humesha se (since forever)' fall under GST. When you donate blood, you are giving something manufactured in your body using food, water and oxygen...but you don't earn money from it...but it will still come under the manufactured goods category. But to reduce the burden on the common man, the central government will take only 12% of the blood donated," she quipped.