South India Garment Association news and archive

Siga voices concern over excise duty speculations

The latest buzz about the return of excise duty on branded garments is worrying the domestic apparel industry. South India Garment Association (Siga) has said that though various schemes, incentives and subsidies have been given to the garment sector to develop manufacturing and create jobs, by bringing garment sector under the excise duty may...

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Garment association seeks removal of excise duty

Protesting against the negative impact of excise duty on readymade garments industry, South India Garment Association has sent a memorandum to R S Gujral, Revenue Secretary to seek government’s attention for the revival of the apparel industry and reconsidering the policy. The levy of excise duty coupled with duty-free Bangladeshi imports and...

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Apparel associations strike against Budget

Textile associations across India are up in arms against the Union Budget for 2011-12 which has proposed a mandatory excise duty of 10 per cent for all branded readymade garments and textile made-ups. In protest against this imposition of excise duty by the government, the industry has called a closure of one day work today, March 4. CMAI, South...