The Karnataka Karavali Beedi Workers’ Union (KKBWU) and Beedi Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Tuesday urged the Union government to reduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) on beedi from 28% to 5%, to sustain beedi production that continues to be source of livelihood for many women in Coastal Karnataka.
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Talking to reporters in Mangaluru, KKBWU president Mohammed Rafi and BMS president K. Vishwanath Shetty said they met Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Belagavi recently, who assured of taking up the matter in the GST Council.
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