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  Consumers were benefitted first; excise duty came later: Oil Minister

  February 25, 2015 16:59 IST

  New Delhi: Under attack for hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel, government today said the step was taken to save money for developmental works after “substantial” benefits of reducing global crude prices were passed

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  Announcement of LBT abolition soon: Fadnavis

  Politics | January 03, 2015 19:20 IST

  Kolhapur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said his government was committed to fulfilling the election promise of scrapping the local body tax, and an announcement would be made soon.  Traders in the state are

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  Maharashtra seeks Rs 4,500 crore in drought aid from Centre

  India | November 29, 2014 9:10 IST

  Amravati: Maharashtra government has demanded Rs 4,500 crore from the Centre to provide relief to farmers reeling under drought-like situation in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said. He also announced that the

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  Maharashtra government unlikely to scrap LBT until GST introduced

  India | November 20, 2014 12:18 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra is unlikely to scrap the Local Body Tax (LBT) unless the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is introduced by the Centre, the state government has said.Though, the scrapping of LBT was featuring prominently

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  Maharashtra govt to meet civic commissioners on LBT & octroi

  Politics | November 18, 2014 19:28 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Government has convened a meeting of municipal commissioners on November 20 to discuss the scrapping of local body tax (LBT) and octroi.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told a delegation of the Federation of Associations

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  Traders reject government proposal of new tax in lieu of Local Body Tax

  June 28, 2014 15:17 IST

  Thane: Traders in Maharashtra have rejected the State Government's proposal to substitute the controversial LBT (local body tax) with a new levy.In a joint release issued late last night, President of Federation of Associations of

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  Local leadership wants octroi to continue in Mumbai: CM

  India | June 14, 2014 17:14 IST

  Mumbai: Without naming Shiv Sena and BJP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said today that the local “political leadership” was not interested in ushering in the Local Body Tax—which replaces octroi—in the megapolis.The Municipal Corporation

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  BJP seeks abolition of LBT in 10 days; warns to intensify stir

  India | May 31, 2014 18:31 IST

  Mumbai: The BJP today warned of intensifying its agitation against the long-pending issue of Local Body Tax (LBT) if the Maharashtra government fails to abolish it in next 10 days.“We have been agitating since last