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Textile traders in Andhra Pradesh will down shutters in protest against goods and services tax (GST) for three days from Tuesday, according to Andhra Pradesh Textile Federation (APTF) president B Malleswara Reddy.
He said the traders in the state had taken the decision in response to all-India bandh call given by Textile GST Sangharshan Samithi. The trade is demanding exemption of textiles/fabrics from GST.
The traders will observe June 30 as ‘black day’ to protest against the government’s move to levy GST on fabrics, he said.
The traders are apprehensive that the GST will push them into the process of filing returns more than 30 times. They also claim that they cannot employ clerks to maintain the computerised accounts.
“Demonetisation has already taken its toll on the textile business. GST would further ruin it,” he added.
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