Petrol, diesel taxes funding free meals and other schemes, says Hardeep Singh Puri
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The Centre, on the other hand, has justified the taxes by claiming that they are required to pay numerous welfare programmes.
New Delhi: Minister of Petroleum Hardeep Singh Puri defended fuel and diesel tariffs on Friday, claiming that the levies helped support government programmes that provided millions of people with free Covid vaccines, meals, and cooking gas during the pandemic.
This comment comes in the wake of opposition parties' demands that the government reduce fuel taxes.
The Centre, on the other hand, has justified the taxes by claiming that they are required to pay numerous welfare programmes. Domestic rates, Puri said today, are connected to international oil costs, which have risen for a variety of reasons that must be recognised.
