‘Relief for J&K artisans’
Jaisalmer, Dec 21:
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today clarified that the proposed GST hike for the Kashmir Shawl was not taken up during the 55th meeting of the GST council.
The 55th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held in Jaisalmer of Rajasthan today. The meeting was chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Coming as a relief for the artisans of the J&K, Omar Abdullah told reporters here after the meeting, “Some things were agreed on, some things were deferred. There had been a lot of speculation that GST on shawls particularly Pashmina shawls will be hiked, so we had come prepared to ensure that wouldn’t happen.”
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The J&K CM underscored that any hike on the Kashmir shawl would badly hit the Pashmina shawl industry.
“Thankfully, it wasn’t taken up and we will also ensure that in the future, something like this is not considered because it would be life-threatening to our Pashmina shawl industry…,” Omar said. (Agencies)
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