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Food grain traders protest against tax hike

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Food grain traders protest against tax hike

Ranchi: Different trade bodies associated with Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) on Wednesday staged a symbolic protest against the agriculture marketing tax imposed by the State government. The trade organizations associated with fruits, vegetables, food grains, rice mills, retail traders and others participated in the protest.

The trade bodies questioned the imposition of new agriculture tax in the State (Jharkhand) where agriculture is not the main occupation.

The traders claimed that Jharkhand is a mining state so the provision, which is imposition of new agriculture tax does not suit the State where agriculture is the main occupation and agro products are traded in mandis  and these mandis have been made available and maintained by state governments. So those states deserve to levy 0-2 percent as agriculture tax but there is not a single ‘mandi’ in Jharkhand. The different Bazar Samiti operating at different districts lacks basic infrastructure facilities such as roads, water and power connections among others.

After the dharna, a memorandum addressed to the Governor and Chief Minister was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district, demanding withdrawal of the decision to implement agriculture tax in the state.

Ranchi Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Jharkhand Chamber in the capital Ranchi, Potato-Onion Wholesalers Association, Arhatti and Forest Produce Association, Agricultural Market Courtyard, main market of Pandara and Terminal Market and Wholesale of all agricultural produce of many areas outside the market courtyard.

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