“There is no bandh call made by any association, but most shops remained shut on their own in protest. More From Livemint »There are around 2.5-3 lakh cloth merchants in the state who will suffer losses due to the ongoing protest, Bhagat said. Gaurav Shrimali, a cloth merchant from Surat said while markets are open in the city, there is no business as no shop owner has the required GST number to carry out transaction. Cloth merchants are demanding a complete withdrawal of the 5% GST on clothes, and have said merchants were not given much time for GST compliance. They said cloth merchants were never brought under any tax system, so they should be exempt from the GST as well.

Source: Mint July 01, 2017 12:11 UTC