Textile traders took to the streets at Chandni Chowk, to protest against the implementation of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) in New Delhi on Thursday.
The government is all set to roll out the Goods and Services Tax regime from June 30 midnight. A gong will be sounded at midnight to usher in the GST. Modi will be the key speaker at the function. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Many traders across the country allege that though the sector is not against the taxation it is merely unprepared for the GST regime. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
The main concern is the imposition 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on cloth sales. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Many traders allege that GST on textiles would only benefit big manufacturers and has been levied on the sector to stifle competition from the unorganised sector. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has already questioned the government on 'hurrying' into introducing GST and recalled that the ruling BJP had opposed the system when it was in the opposition. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
In many of the textile ventures, there are no computers, nor are they trained in GST-Network. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Closed wholesale cloths traders market at Chandni Chowk, to protest against the implementation of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) in New Delhi on Thursday. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
