Bhiwandi : Bhiwandi City Nationalist Congress Party District President Shoaib Khan on the issue of announcement by the Central Government to increase the GST on clothes from 5% to 12% Guddu (Shoaib Khan Guddu) met Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and discussed it and requested to save it from the devastation in the textile industry. It is worth noting that in a direct meeting with Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar, Bhiwandi City Nationalist Congress Party District President Shoaib Khan Guddu has told that the central government has announced to increase the GST on clothes from 5% to 12%.
The increase in GST on clothes by the central government will put huge economic pressure on the textile industry. Already the textile industry is going through a period of huge economic crisis and recession for the last several years. The condition of the textile industry in the country has become very bad. The powerloom owners and textile traders of Bhiwandi, which is called the Manchester of the country, have been badly damaged by the recession. More than 50% of the powerloom factories in Bhiwandi city have been locked down due to severe recession and economic loss in the textile industry.
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Millions of laborers may become victims of starvation
Despite the crisis in the textile industry, the powerloom industry of the country along with Bhiwandi will be ruined after the central government increased the GST on clothes by 7%. Due to which unemployment can spread in the country. The textile industry, which is the largest employer after agriculture in the country, will be completely engulfed by economic crisis. There is a strong possibility of closure of textile factories and factories. The problem of unemployment will arise in front of lakhs of laborers associated with the textile industry. Especially the powerloom factories of Bhiwandi will be closed, lakhs of laborers may become victims of starvation.
Has given assurance of taking meaningful steps
The announcement of increasing GST on clothes by the central government is being strongly opposed by the traders and workers of the textile industry across the country. Shoaib Khan Guddu said that the Finance Minister of the state is a member of the Central GST Committee, so Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Dada Pawar should be placed in the GST Committee by placing the demand of the textile industry traders and factory owners from the Central Government before the Union Finance Minister. Objection should be lodged on this issue. The textile industry of Bhiwandi and its associated powerloom industry, including Maharashtra, should oppose the increase in GST and demand to keep it on status quo. Shoaib Guddu said that Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar, listening to his words very seriously, has assured him of taking meaningful steps.