Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today that Cabinet approval was granted to remove the 15% VAT imposed on doctors’ consultation fee, channeling fee and professional charges from July 1st of July.
Addressing a press conference held at the Treasury today (19), the Minister also stated that the government plans to increase the budgetary allocation of the health sector to 5% of the GDP by 2020.
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