Sweet shops to go on strike on August 21 to protest 5 per cent GST

Following the footsteps of the textile industry, sweet shops in Bengal are set to go on a strike on August 21, protesting against 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) being levied on sweets.Sweet shops owners maintained they are yet to implement the new tax regime and are still charging old rates from their customers. Moreover, they claimed that as the sweet industry is a part of the unorganise…