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Gujarat govt cuts VAT on petrol, diesel by 4%

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..... Gujarat govt cuts VAT on petrol, diesel by 4%
News and Press Release
Dated:- 10-10-2017

Gandhinagar, Oct 10 (PTI) The Gujarat government has decided to reduce the value added tax (VAT) o .....

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..... n petrol and diesel by 4 per cent, state Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said today. The reduction in tax comes just before Diwali in the state, where the Assembly polls are due around the year-end. &qu .....

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..... ot;After the central government's instructions, Gujarat has decided to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel by 4 per cent from today mid-night," Rupani said at a press meet here. With this rate c .....

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..... ut, the price of petrol will come down by ₹ 2.93 and that of diesel by ₹ 2.72 in the state, he said. The effective price of petrol in Gujarat from mid-night today will be ₹ 66.53 pe .....

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..... r litre and that of diesel ₹ 60.77 per litre, the chief minister added. Because of this move, the state government will suffer a loss of ₹ 2,316 crore annually. "But we have taken t .....

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..... his decision in the interest of people," Rupani said. The lowering of tax in the poll-bound Gujarat follows Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently writing to all state governments nudging .....

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..... them to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel. The Centre had recently brought down excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹ 2 per litre.
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