Akshay Kumar, the National Award winning Bollywood actor, on Saturday thanked the GST Council for making sanitary napkins Goods and Services Tax (GST) free. The actor had last year worked in a film named "Pad Man" which tried to create awareness on menstrual hygiene.

Expressing his happiness, Akshay took to Twitter on Saturday and wrote, "One of those days when a news brings tears of joy as a cause close to your heart gets fulfilled. Thank you, #GSTCouncil, for understanding the need for menstrual hygiene & exempting sanitary pads from tax. I'm sure crores of women in our country are silently sending gratitude your way."


The GST on sanitary pads has been cut from 12 per cent to zero.

Earlier this year, Akshay narrated the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who introduced the low-cost sanitary napkins in India, in "Pad Man".

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The film was produced by Twinkle Khanna and directed by R. Balki. It featured Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor along with Akshay.

(Inputs from IANS)