In his written reply to the Supreme Court (SC), Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the recently introduced five percent additional education tax on private schools is aimed at affluent parents.

He has said that the government’s intention was to obtain tax from families that can afford and use it to help educate students in remote areas and poor families.

The reply says that this is a separate progressive tax and is not at all related with the income tax.

The PM furnished the written reply in response to a writ petition filed against the government’s decision to impose the tax.

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