At CSDs, only liquor prices swinging, rest stable
THE issue of imposition of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on CSD goods is still on. Currently, VAT has not been imposed on CSD goods in Chandigarh. Compared to the canteen at Chandimandir, goods in Chandigarh CSD canteens are still cheaper.
At present, Chandigarh has an edge especially when it comes to liquor prices. At the CSD canteen in Sector 21 the prices are lower compared to the Chandimandir canteen. But one must not rush to the canteen immediately. Reason: There is not much liquor left in the canteen.
Retired army personnel at the canteen are also left with no option but to just look at the prices and move on. The situation at the liquor section in Chandimandir canteen is no different.
The general fear among the army personnel is that the prices of goods would increase. In Punjab, liquor prices have already seen an increase of 22 per cent in the CSD canteens. And the anger against this increased price is very conspicuous. Brig Harwant Singh (retd), a resident of Mohali, said, ‘‘The government has not kept its promise.’’ He compared the government with the East India Company doing away with the bhatta during late 1850s.
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