GST piles pressure on cotton growers

GST piles pressure on cotton growers

As early cotton sowing is expected to kick off within a few weeks across South Punjab and Sindh, farmers are heading into the fields carrying more than seeds. They are bearing a tax burden that many say could determine whether they should plant cotton in the upcoming Kharif season. This tax pressure, however, is not the only concern in their minds, they have also to bear high input costs, which have now become a new normal, and after completing …