With the Goa government proposing a reduction in petrol prices by Rs 11, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Wednesday said the other states especially the BJP ruled ones should emulate the step to ease the burden on the common man.
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Goa to cut petrol prices, will other states follow?
"As far as petrol and diesel are concerned, states get more tax than the Centre from petroleum products. They impose more tax and get more. If states abolish taxes, then it will ease the burden on the common man," he said.
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to cut petrol prices, will other states follow?
Talking to reporters outside Parliament, he said long before Goa took the step, the Vilas Rao Deshmukh government in Maharashtra and the Andhra Pradesh government had initiated such a move.
"Central government had already reduced the custom duty...the share of the state govt is far bigger as far as money generated from petroleum products is concerned. State government should think over this (emulating Goa)," he said.
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Goa to cut petrol prices, will other states follow?
Shukla said the state government gets about 1.6 lakh crore as tax from petroleum products.
The Manohar Parrikar government had on Tuesday announced that only 0.1 percent value added tax (VAT) component would be levied by the state government during the presentation of the Budget.
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Goa to cut petrol prices, will other states follow?
Shukla said BJP-ruled states like Gujarat, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh as well as Bihar should also emulate the step.
Former Goa chief minister and Lok Sabha Member Francisco Sardinha said the move by the government was in keeping with the poll promise of the ruling party there.
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