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On Thursday, the International Road Federation (IRF), a global organization that promotes safer roads, announced that it had pleaded with the government to abolish the GST imposed on helmets.
Currently, a GST of 18% is applied to helmet purchases.
“IRF has demanded lowering of GST on life-saving device helmets for the safety of the two-wheeler riders from present 18% to 0% in the next Union Budget 2023-24,” the international organization for road safety said in a statement.
Two-wheelers riders, who are the most vulnerable, make up around 31.4 percent of all road accident fatalities in India, which is responsible for roughly 11% of those deaths worldwide.
The usage of standard helmets, according to K K Kapila, President Emeritus of IRF, is one of the most efficient ways to lower two-wheeler accident injuries and fatalities.
There is little evidence of helmet use in the nation. It has been observed that the majority of riders of two-wheelers belong to socioeconomically disadvantaged and low-income groups and prefer to buy helmets that are less expensive and of lower quality. In the event of an accident, many of these helmets won’t be able to preserve the life of the rider, according to Kapila.
At this time, the proper GST rate for helmets, which can save lives, is 18%. He further added that there shouldn’t be a GST on helmets, this would make standard helmets more widely available to the general public and discourage people from buying cheap helmets. In the long run, this would contribute to a decrease in the number of fatal traffic accidents involving riders of two-wheelers.
The Union Budget is set to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
