Traders in Chandni Chowk shut shop, protest against GST

A view of the empty Nai Sadak in Old Delhi on account of bandh called by the textile traders against implementation of Goods and Service Tax(GST). While a number of brands and retailers have already started offering discounts to clear their sellers stock, small traders across various parts of the country closed their shops down demanding revision of the tax rates and withdrawal of taxes in textiles.The landmark GST reform is expected to be levied from next month. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

Updated on: Jun 16, 2017 9:04 AM IST

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A view of the empty Nai Sadak in Old Delhi on account of bandh called by the textile traders against implementation of Goods and Service Tax(GST). While a number of brands and retailers have already started offering discounts to clear their sellers stock, small traders across various parts of the country closed their shops down demanding revision of the tax rates and withdrawal of taxes in textiles.The landmark GST reform is expected to be levied from next month. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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An aerial view of the empty Nai Sadak in Old Delhi which is generally congested with people and three-wheeler rickshaws on normal working days. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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The GST Council lowered tax rates on 66 items such as pickles, incense sticks, some movie tickets and printers after industries and states complained that the goods will become too expensive when the new indirect taxation system operates from the month of July. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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A local market's gate shut down with a notice announcing GST as the cause of closure in Old Delhi. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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A man walks past a closed shop in Old Delhi after Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal called for a bandh in protest to the new taxation rules viable from next month. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Good and Services tax is an integrated tax throughout India to replace taxes levied by the central and state government. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Traders in Old Delhi raise slogans demanding roll back of GST laws.The unified taxation system was first implemented in France in 1954. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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According to experts, it could increase India’s GDP somewhere within a range of 0.9% to 1.7%. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)