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KCCI urges JK Govt to take up surge in petrol and diesel rates with Union Govt

Srinagar: Kashmir’s premiere trade body, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Wednesday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to take up the reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel with the Union government.

In a statement, KCCI said that the state government should take up the matter to reduce petrol and diesel prices with the union government.

“Kashmir, being in a critical condition, it was time to revisit the state levies on petrol and diesel and urgently take up the reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel with the Union Government,” the statement quoted KCCI president Javed Ahmad Tenga as having stated.

He said that the prices of petrol and diesel in India were the highest amongst all the south Asian countries, and this was only due to taxes and levies accounting for half of the rate.

The statement said even after collecting a “whopping” two lakh 42 thousand crores as excise duty, state government has failed to provide any relief to the common masses.

“The government after imposing the highest tax rates on petroleum products quietly withdrew and introduced the daily price revision system which gives autonomy to oil PSUs to revise rates dailys since June, 2017. The PSUs have been steadily increasing the rates by 10 paisa to 30 paisa, which more or less goes unnoticed. The end result is the highest petrol and diesel prices since years,” KCCI said.

 

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