Tamilnadu state minister for handlooms and textile, O.S.Manian who was in Coimbatore to preside over a strategy meeting for the International Textile Exhibition to be held in Coimbatore coming February said that the handloom and textile industry was not affected by GST and that the 5% GST would soon be reduced. He further spoke about the exhibition and said that it would make the high quality of our textile world famous and also would help in the increase of its sales.