Smriti Irani hints at relief to textiles sector in GST Council meet

She said the Centre had been holding discussions with the textile companies and associations to take their feedback over irritants associated with GST.

Amid the teething troubles experienced by the domestic textiles sector over the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today said these aspects would be discussed at the next GST Council meeting.

She said tax compliance had clocked significant growth post GST and the various textiles associations had also expressed their willingness to comply with norms under the new tax regime.

"The myth that the Indian textile companies were unwilling for tax compliance under GST has now been dispelled," she told the media at the Uttar Pradesh BJP headquarters here this evening.

She said the Centre had been holding discussions