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Bharat Bandh on Feb 26: Traders to protest over GST norms, Fuel Price Hike, E-Way Bill
Around 40, 000 trade associations of the country extended support to the Bharat bandh called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on February 26.
New Delhi: Around 40, 000 trade associations of the country extended support to the Bharat bandh called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on February 26.
Millions of traders, transporters and tax professionals supported by over 40,000 organisations have united to make tomorrow’s #BharatBandh & #chakkajaam called by @CAITIndia & @aitwa a grand success, to protest against the complexities, anomalies & draconian provisions in #GST pic.twitter.com/jV9D8zSCYp
— Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) (@CAITIndia) February 25, 2021
They have demanding a review of the provisions of the goods and services tax (GST) regime.
All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA) has also decided to support CAIT in the Bharat bandh demanding the abolition of the new E-Way Bill or scrapping of certain rules. It has also requested the government to abolish E-Way Bill and track vehicles by using Fast-Tag connectivity to E-Invoice and to scrap the penalty on transporters for any time-based compliance target of transit and make diesel prices uniform across the country.
AITWA National President Mahendra Arya said, “All state level-transport associations have confirmed their support to AITWA in this one-day non-operation of transport in protest of the fuel price hike and scrapping of new E-way bill laws introduced by Government of India.”
“AITWA demands abolishing the E-way bill as the newly introduced E-invoice is good enough for preventing tax evasion. Vehicles may be tracked by the Government using Fast Tag connectivity to E-invoice. Transporters should not be subject to any penalty by the Government for any time-based compliance target of transit,” said Arya.