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Petrol And Diesel Prices In Maharashtra To Be Slashed By Rs 5 and Rs 3: CM Shinde

Eknath Shinde
The decision to reduce Value Added Tax on diesel and petrol was announced by CM Eknath Shinde.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government has reduced the prices of Petrol and Diesel by Rs. 5 and Rs.3 respectively, stated the Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Thursday. This decision was taken at the second cabinet meeting of the newly formed government. Reacting to the move, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the decision was part of the Shiv Sena-BJP government’s commitment to people’s welfare.

“Maharashtra government will reduce value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 per litre respectively,” CM Shinde said.

Mumbai North East MP Manoj Kotak thanked the state government for its “swift action”. Mumbai currently has one of the highest petrol prices in the country.

Speaking at a press conference after the meeting, Shinde said, “The central government had reduced VAT on November 4 and May 22 and PM Narendra Modi had also urged states to do so. However, the previous Mahavikas Aghadi government did not pay any heed to the request made by the Centre. We studied the financial situation and decided to reduce the VAT on petrol and diesel.

The new government was formed just two weeks ago after Eknath Shinde led a rebel in the Shiv Sena that displaced Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government.
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“Chief Economic Astrologer”: Chidambaram’s Swipe At Nirmala Sitharaman Over NASA Pictures

Tejas Joshi
Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called the planets to the rescue of the economy after giving up hope in her own skills and that of her economic advisers, former Finance Minister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday.

Chidambaram took the swipe at FM Sitharaman after she had on Tuesday retweeted images unveiled by NASA from its new powerful space telescope.

“We are not surprised that the Finance Minister tweeted pictures of Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus on the day when Inflation printed at 7.01% and unemployment printed at 7.8%,” the Congress leader said in his tweet.

“After giving up hope in her own skills and the skills of her economic advisers, the FM has called the planets to the rescue of the economy,” P Chidambaram said.

The former FM added that to begin with, she (Sitaraman) should appoint a new “CEA: Chief Economic Astrologer”.

The Congress party on Wednesday opened renewed attack against the Finance Minister saying she is more interested in Uranus and Pluto than in steering the country’s economy towards recovery.

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