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'Petrol, diesel prices not discussed in GST Council meet'

Political parties, including Congress, have been demanding that the petrol and diesel be brought under the GST so that duties on them can come down that will reflect in lower prices at the pump.  

India TV News Desk Edited by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Published on: September 28, 2018 18:16 IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Amid questions whether the government was considering to bring down the prices of petrol and diesel, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the issue was "not in the agenda" of the GST council meeting today.

Political parties, including Congress, have been demanding that the petrol and diesel be brought under the GST so that duties on them can come down that will reflect in lower prices at the pump.

"It was not in the agenda," the finance minister said at a media briefing to a question on whether the government was considering any relief measure to cool the fuel prices that have been breaking records for a month now.

Earlier, when asked whether the GST council meeting discussed bringing petrol and diesel under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Jaitley said "It was not in the agenda".

On Thursday, a senior Finance Ministry official said reducing overall consumption of petrol and diesel in the country is part of an overall exercise to cut down on Current Account Deficit (CAD), apart from reducing non-essential imports and boosting exports.

(With IANS inputs)

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