The computer assembly sector that accounts for 50 per cent of the annual Rs 1,200-crore computer hardware business in the city will be hit hard as the Pune chapter of Computers and Media Dealers’ Association (CMDA) has decided to ban the purchase of goods from companies that do not pay octroi.
“We have been urging computer hardware companies to distribute their products with uniform pricing across the state, while absorbing the octroi amount and ensure there is no evasion. However, many companies that supply hardware components are not following it and are putting the onus on the dealers to pay octroi. This encourages octroi evasion,” said Shashikant Satbhai, president, CDMA, in a press conference.
Now, 400-odd members of CDMA have decided to sell only hardware products of companies that pay octroi and offer uniform pricing across the state, he said, “The purchase from the companies not selling product at uniform price have been stopped from today and it will have an impact on the market from August 1 after the stock gets over and create inconvenience to citizens.” The CDMA has also approached the city units to support their initiative as it would benefit all the dealers across the state, Satbhai said. The hardware industry growth is 30 percent in the city and the companies not following uniform price sale will suffer, he added.
Source:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Pay-octroi—sell-goods–computer-companies-told/650665
