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Cotton fabric traders staged a nationwide token strike on Thursday, protesting the decision to bring the item under the goods and services tax (GST) net.
A five per cent rate has been levied — around a million small and medium size units were paying no duty so far. Even if these units wish to evade the tax, garment makers would be a check — to claim input credit from the government, garment manufacturers would need GST compliance papers from fabric makers and traders.
“We had a firm belief that items which at present are not taxed (either excise or value-added tax)
