The traders' body stated that bringing unbranded food and other products under the GST tax would increase the compliance burden on the traders. Moreover, a hike in rates of daily use items such as textiles and footwear will add to the inflationary pressure, CAIT said. 

 "The manner in which the Finance Ministers of all the states have distorted the basic nature of GST without consulting stakeholders, it is clear that the Council has no interest in simplifying the tax system and enlarging the scope of the tax net in a healthy manner," CAIT said in a statement.

CAIT National President Shri BC Bhartia and Secretary General Shri Praveen Khandelwal said that the national agitation will begin from Bhopal on 26th July. and more than 50 thousand trade organizations in the country will aggressively participate in the national movement. 

Several tax rate changes, including on low-cost hotel accommodation, expensive hospital room rent, solar water heaters, coal bed methane, cheques and select farm equipment, will take effect from 18 July.

As per the changes brought in GST rates, tax exemptions have been withdrawn on a few items, and these will now be taxed as per the GST Council's decisions. These include cheques at 18%, pre-packaged and pre-labelled items such as curd, lassi and buttermilk at 5% and maps at 12%. 

Also, capital goods used in petroleum and coal bed methane exploration will now be taxed at 12% instead of 5%. The Council also decided to raise tax rates on items such as ink, knives and pumps from 12% to 18% and solar water heaters and leather from 5% to 12%. 

In addition, cut and polished diamonds will attract 1.5% GST, up from 0.25% now. Also, hotels with rent below ₹1,000 a night will attract 12%, and non-ICU hospital rooms with rent above ₹5,000 will be taxed at 5% without the input tax credit.