Textile traders protest movement of UPI charges in Kochi

Kerala Welfare Association of Textiles and Garments (KTGA) staged a protest against the Central Government’s announced move to introduce a business discount rate of 0.4% on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions from October 15.

The district committee of the Ernakulam association took out a protest march from its office at DD Bazaar to the BSNL office. KTGA State Treasurer MN Babu left the march.

Inaugurated by KTGA state general secretary K. Krishnan, around 500 textile traders from the district participated in the protest rally.

District president KD Johnson, state vice president Beena Kannan and Kochi Corporation councilor Deepthy Mary Varghese were among those who spoke.

Published – 7 Oct 2026 21:01 IST