Garment Industry in Gujarat observes day long token strike

Ahmedabad

More than 17,000 garment manufacturers, wholesalers, traders and retail merchants of the Gujarat, a well know textile hub of the country, today participated in a day long symbolic strike of the Gujarat Garments Manufacturers Association (GGMA) today to protest against the imposition of excise duty by the central government.

The strike of the garment merchants and other stakeholders took place amid the ongoing indefinite strike by the jewelry association which on its tenth day today took out a motor cycle rally from Prabhat Chowk in Ghatlodia area of the city to CG road to press for their similar demands of roll back of imposition of 1 % excise duty on jewelry.

The Garment merchants on the other hand were opposing 2% excise duty announced in the Union Budget-2016-17 on branded ready-made garments priced Rs1,000 or above, Secretary of GGMA Arpan Shah said today adding that in Ahmedbad around 2500 stake holders of the industry participated in a peaceful sit in Ghee Kanta road.

He said that his organization would now put forth the roll back demand in front of the union finance minister, textile minister and ruling BJP president.

– DeshGujarat