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MP Goud to take up handloom GST issue in LS
MP Bhoora Narsaiah Goud said he was trying his best to get the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on handlooms cancelled. He inaugurated a handloom work shed constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh at Kuntalgudem of Choutuppal mandal in Yadadri district on Friday.
Choutuppal: MP Bhoora Narsaiah Goud said he was trying his best to get the Goods and Service Tax (GST) on handlooms cancelled. He inaugurated a handloom work shed constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh at Kuntalgudem of Choutuppal mandal in Yadadri district on Friday.
Addressing the gathering, he claimed that with their fight in the floor of Parliament, the GST on handlooms were reduced from 18 to 5 percent. He said he, along with other MPs, would raise the issues of weavers in the next Parliament session and assured them to try his best the GST on cancelled.
Weavers should develop as entrepreneurs, he said and advised them to weave clothes as per the new trends to get more orders and income. Local MLA KPrabhakar Reddy, Handlooms JD Purnachander Rao and other officials were present.
