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Kerala imposes fat tax on burgers, pizzas in budget

By | July 9, 2016

Bengaluru: Kerala’s newly elected Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s maiden budget says a lot about what its priorities are. Finance minister Thomas Isaac, who presented the revised budget for 2016-17 on Friday, said the government will raise tax revenues through nine schemes, which include introduction of a 14% “fat tax” on burgers, pizzas, tacos, doughnuts,… Read More »