Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 10, 2021, 07:16 AM
Jaipur. All petrol pumps from Saturday morning will be closed for 12 hours since the demand for reducing VAT in Rajasthan. Petrol and sales purchase and sales will be completely closed on approximately 7 thousand petrol pumps. This captive will remain from 6 o'clock this morning till 12 o'clock. Under the banner of the Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association it will strike a day. In such a situation, if you are planning to go out somewhere in the weekend, then you need to keep a little caution. Because the car or taxi you will use to roam, the tank will be completed today.In the country most in VATThe President of Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association suites Bihai that at this time the highest VAT is in Rajasthan on petrol-diesel in the country. In the neighboring states, due to low VAT on petrol and diesel, sales were not equal to sales on the petrol pumps of border districts. At the same time, due to this VAT, sales have decreased by about 34 percent. VAT is about 18 percent on diesel in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, while in Rajasthan it is 28 percent. At the same time VAT is 38 percent in the state, while 32 in Punjab, 31 in Haryana, 30 in Delhi, 27 in Uttar Pradesh, 24 in Gujarat and 40 percent in Madhya Pradesh.Government will have a loss of 34 millionAbout 7 thousand petrol pumps from the state will be closed, due to which sales of 3 million liters of petrol-diesel will be reduced. This will affect the sale of about Rs 150 crore in the state. At the same time the State Government will damage the VAT of 34 crores. If talking about Jaipur district then about 530 petrol pumps will be completely closed tomorrow. It is a sign of petrol pump operators about the demand to reduce VAT. The Association has made it clear that if demand was not considered, then there will be an indefinite strike in the state from April 25.