CAPF canteens in the red; petition government for GST relief

Paramilitary forces have sounded alarm bells saying over 1,700 of their canteens, used by lakhs of troops and their families to run their daily households, may soon have to down their shutters if they are not provided GST "exemption" similar to the defence-run CSDs. A senior official involved in the running of these country-wide canteens, called Central Police Canteens (CPCs), said stocks of groce…