Several leaders from the cloth merchant’s associations have requested Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao to bring pressure on the centre to exempt Textiles from the GST since a majority of the poor and middle class families are living on the trade. The Trade leaders have met the CM in Pragathi Bhavan on Monday and submitted a memorandum in this regard. They said that the textiles have been exempted from the tax earlier, but now under the GST 5 percent tax is levied. They said this taxation will adversely affect the trade and urged the CM to intervene and bring the matter to notice of the Centre.
Responding the CM said there should be an exemption for the textiles under the tax. He assured that he would request PM Sri Narendra Modi on this matter. The CM said had already asked the Centre to exempt, Textiles, Granite business, 2 Bed Room Houses Scheme, drinking and irrigation water schemes, Beedis. He said that the center has assured to consider these issues. He said he is confident that these matters will be solved in the GST Council meeting.
Among those who met the CM include, Telangana Federation of Textiles Associations President Sri Prakash Ammanabolu, Vice President Sri Santosh Chowkani, Joint Secretary Sri Sangameswar, Treasurer Sri Eshwar Uppar, Secunderabad Cut-piece Cloth Merchants’ Association President Sri Bhagat Ram Gupta, General Secretary Sri Cheere Srikanth, Hyderabad Cut-piece Cloth Merchants’ Association President Sri Subhash Agarwal, Madina Market Association president Sri Mohammed Ahmed and others.