Cloth merchants stage protest
The Hindu
Members of The Cloth Merchants Association (Vastralatha) staged a protest against the proposed hike of Goods and Services Tax on textiles from the new year, at Vastralatha on Thursday. The cloth merch
Members of The Cloth Merchants Association (Vastralatha) staged a protest against the proposed hike of Goods and Services Tax on textiles from the new year, at Vastralatha on Thursday.
The cloth merchants said that the government had decided to increase GST on textiles from 5% to 12% from January 1, 2022.
They said both the merchants as well as the consumers would be be impacted by the hike in GST and demanded that the central government immediately withdraw its decision. The merchants said that protests would be intensified in the future.

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