"I cannot even visualise mornings and evenings without hinger koch-uri and phulkopir singara," he said. In an alley in Burrabazar, Mahesh Agarwal was also biting into the same fare although with a slight different taste. Some of their best-selling sweets like chocolate rosogolla, chocolate sandesh, chocolate mudpie sandesh, black forest sandesh, rice ball, chocolate chips, chocolate singara and chocolate jalbhara may get badly dented by the 28% GST levied on them. GST on ice cream will be 18% from the current level of 16.5% (VAT and Excise). The ice cream market in Bengal is worth Rs 200-250 crore annually, of which 15-20% is chocolate flavour.

Source: Times of India June 29, 2017 22:51 UTC