Mangaluru: Welcoming the budget proposal to establish Alternative Packing Technology Development Institute, the Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association however said proposal of levy on plastic packaged goods is not tenable in law as taxing products comes under GST Act. Terming the budget industrial-friendly, but disappointing to Dakshina Kannada, CPMTA president B.A. Nazeer said the […]

Mangaluru: The Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers’ Association, Mangaluru, has welcomed the Union government in its 2018-19 Budget proposing to cut the customs duty on raw cashew from 5 % at present to 2.5 % to encourage cashew processing industry. Secretary of the association M. Tukarama Prabhu told that cashew manufacturers expected complete relief from the customs […]