GST ties Bengal’s traditional weavers in knots: 

GST ties Bengal’s traditional weavers in knots: 

Context:

• The weavers in Bengal are facing severe inconveniences due to the confusion surrounding GST.

Explanation:

• With the confusion on whether GST would be levied on their Tannt saris, business for weavers in Bengal has almost stopped over the past month.
• However, five per cent GST has been imposed on cotton and yarn, raw materials for Taant saris.

The plight of the weavers:

• They couldn’t buy yarn without going through the complicated billing process under GST.
• If such a situation continues then they would have no option but to shut down my business
• Moreover, the weavers are totally clueless about the fact that whether there is any GST on Taant saris as well as the process of billing under GST.
• Under such circumstances, it had become extremely difficult for them to sell the saris at wholesale markets as well as to buyers from Bihar and Odisha as they were asking for bills prepared as per GST norms.