Why your favourite restaurant won't open today

April 29, 2013 09:59

On Monday, food lovers across the country are likely find it hard to eat out at a restaurant.

Around 10,000-15,000 hotels and restaurants across the country set to go on a one-day strike on April 29 to protest against the service tax imposed on all partly and fully air-conditioned restaurants in the recent Union Budget.

The strike has been called by the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Associations of India (FHRAI) and Hotels and Restaurants Association, Western India (HRAWI), along with all state level associations in the country, resulting in cumulatively about 15,000 hotel and restaurant members joining the strike.

What's more, industry players estimate a loss of business due to the one-day strike to the tune of Rs 2000 crore.

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