evidence: Fact check: Devi Shetty’s letter opposing 5% service tax on healthcare is from 2011 – Alt News An open letter reportedly written by physician Devi Shetty, the founder of Narayana Hospitals, is circulating on social media. The letter has been addressed to the Aam Aadmi (Ordinary people) with the subject line ‘About Misery Tax’. It claims that the government has introduced 5% service tax on healthcare in the recent budget that will have drastic consequences for the pockets of ordinary citizens, and urges people to assemble on March 12 at the Governor’s house of every state with a petition to roll back this ‘Misery Tax’. [...] To summarise, an open letter written by Devi Shetty, founder of Narayana Hospitals, in 2011 opposing what he termed as ‘Misery tax’ was falsely shared on social media in the context of the recent Union Budget that was placed on February 1, 2023. A 5 per cent GST rate on non-ICU hospital rooms was introduced last year but it is not related to the content of the viral letter.