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CM requests centre to waive service tax on health insurance [Friday, July 24, 2009]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi urged the Union Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi Azad to waive service tax that will be charged on the Rs 517 crore investment in the State Government's health insurance scheme."The State Government had committed itself to pay the premiums on behalf of the poor to enable them to access private health institutions for life saving treatments", said Karunaidhi.