Petrol prices not coming down as States do not want to bring fuel under GST: Hardeep Singh Puri
The Hindu
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said petrol prices crossed the ₹100-mark in West Bengal as the Trinamool Congress government is levying heavy taxes.
Petrol prices in the country are not coming down as the States do not want to bring fuel under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax(GST), Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
In an interview to PTI in Kolkata, Mr. Puri said petrol prices crossed the ₹100-mark in West Bengal as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government is levying heavy taxes.
“If your question is do you want the petrol prices to come down then the answer is yes. Now, if your question is why the petrol prices are not coming down, then the answer is because the States don’t want to bring it under GST,” he said.
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State government to file its statement of objections on an application filed by Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. (BTC), challenging the June 6 orders passed by the government in rejecting the BTC’s applications seeking permission to conduct on-course horse races and betting during the June-August season.