GST Weaves Worry Among Women In Assam's Handloom Sector

Five years ago, Lekha Goswami left her plum corporate job to follow her passion - designing traditional clothes and started a one-room Assamese ethnic-wear boutique. Off late, the 37-year-old has been anxiously spending inordinate amounts of time reading up on the recently launched GST - all this despite handloom products being exempt from both VAT and Central Excise levies which the new measure replaces.