Hyderabad, Aug. 20 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K T Rama Rao (KTR) has written an open letter to the Central Government ahead of tomorrow's GST Council meeting, demanding urgent relief measures for common people and the handloom sector.
In the letter, the former Telangana Minister sought the complete abolition of the five percent GST on handloom products, terming it not just an economic issue but also a matter of preserving India's cultural heritage.
He recalled that the BRS government under K Chandrashekar Rao had extended multiple welfare schemes for weavers, including a 50 percent subsidy on raw materials and insurance for their families. Rama Rao said imposing GST on handlooms was an insult to culture, stressing t...