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RMG
traders to go on token strike on March 15
Agencies
- Indore
The
readymade garment traders in the counry would go on a token strike
on March 15 in protest against the decision to levy 10 per cent
excise duty on the readymade garment industry.
Describing
the decision as ‘unfortunate and against the interest of the
industry and its employees’, the Indore Readymade Garment Traders
Association president Mr Sanghapriya Dosi told reporters that it
would lead to the closure of the industry, rendering lakhs of people
jobless.
He
said readymade garment traders in Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Raipur,
Delhi, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bellari and Madurai
would go on the token strike. The traders would resort to an indefinite
strike from April 1 if their demand of roll-back of the excise duty
was not conceded, Mr Dosi said.
The
budget also decided to waive off the provision of not including
units with a turnover of Rs 1 crore under the excise regime which
has affected a large number of people engaged in the readymade garment
business, he added.
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