While Agra is famous for its world heritage sites like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri; the city's shoe industry is one of the largest leather clusters in the country. Even today, the unique shoes and other leather products from the city continue to allure both locals and tourists.However, according to small scale industrialists in the area, the leather and shoe manufacturing industries are facing grave threats post demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST).While emphasising that their dissatisfaction with the government will be reflected in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mashruf Qureshi, owner of a shoe factory, said that the state government is not paying any heed to their demands."Since the Yogi government has come in Uttar Pradesh, the slaughtering of the animals were banned and the price for raw materials became exorbitant. The GST and demonetisation along with this initiative hit the local traders and manufacturers adversely," he said.He further said that
