Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 24: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) today said it convened a meeting of its members connected with the handicraft activity of carpet, shawl, crewel works, woodcarving, chain stitch and papier machie here at Residency Road in city centre to assess the impact and anguish caused to the stakeholders by implementing GST in the State.
A KCCI statement said that the meeting was well attended by large number of members, artisans, weavers, manufacturers and dealers of all items of handicrafts. “All the participants in the meeting expressed in one voice anguish over the implementation of GST in the State.
“They feel the GST has its grave implication on the day to day handicraft business of lakhs of people connected and that the Government has deceived them in this regard by not fulfilling its promises and utterances,” the statement said.
After detailed discussion on the adverse impact of the GST on the Kashmiri handicrafts affecting one and all right from the artisan/weaver to the dealer, it was decided that the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry should use all resources at its command to ensure that the GST in the case of J&K State is rolled back and fiscal autonomy of the State is restored without any more loss of time.
The statement said that it was expressed in clear terms that the people of J&K in general shall in no case compromise on the fiscal autonomy of the State. “The meeting was presided over by the KCCI president Mushtaq Ahmad Wani and several past presidents of Chamber were also present besides the heads of other handicraft organizations/ association affiliated with the KCCI,” it added.
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