6 June:Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states will soon reduce sales tax on petroleum products in view of price escalation by the Central government, the saffron party has said.
The BJP governments are working on the reduction of sales tax within two days, Prakash Javadekar, party spokesman said during a press conference on the issue in Jaipur on Friday.
Over the past two days the inflation rate has increased from 8 to 8.25 percent and it will reach 10 percent, he said.
The Centre should start selling vegetable oils and pulses to every citizen on subsidised rate through public distribution system, he said.
The UPA government has put a heavy burden on the common man and the increase could have been averted if the import duty had been reduced and revenue neutralisation policy adopted, Javadekar said. courtsey : DD News