<h1>Cooperative sector GST exemption urged to protect low margin, community enterprises and sustain livelihoods through price stability.</h1> Demand to exempt cooperative sector products from GST on the basis that cooperatives are low margin, community oriented enterprises; GST increases costs, reduces competitiveness and harms vulnerable members. Exemption is urged to maintain price stability, improve returns for members and sustain local community production systems. Related parliamentary representations seek environmental safeguarded land allocation for pilgrimage infrastructure, a national processing hub for a regional crop, and measures addressing road conditions, fire safety and flood relief.