-The Business Standard CM has withdran 5% VAT relief on subsidized, non-subsidized cooking gas After the centre’s decision to hike Fuel Prices through decontrol mechanism, it is virtually double jeopardy for the people in Uttarakhand with the state government withdrawing Value Added Tax (VAT) relief on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. In the latest decision, chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who is heading Congress-led coalition government in the hill state, withdrew 5% VAT...
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LPG relief for midday meal kitchens, canteens -Sanjay Dutta
-The Times of India It appears to be one step forward and two steps back for the government in so far as pruning of fuel subsidy bill is concerned. The latest example is the oil ministry's order asking state-run fuel retailers to supply cooking gas cylinders at subsidized rate to non-domestic consumers such as canteens, medical institutions and mid-day meal kitchens. The order on cooking gas, issued on Tuesday, comes close on...
More »A committee to ‘administer’ a ‘market price’ for gas-Sunjoy Joshi
-The Hindu In his article in The Hindu (editorial page, “Making a mockery of domestic gas pricing,” January 18, 2013, Surya P. Sethi attacks the gas pricing formula proposed by the Rangarajan Committee, curiously enough, for being based on numbers from foreign markets that do not reflect the supply, demand or cost of production in India. I say “curiously” because on the exact opposite side, domestic producers are also pillorying the committee’s...
More »Don’t join retail queue but cut diesel taxes, Moily tells States-Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu OMCs will revise price every month until losses are wiped out The Centre is seized of some State governments’ directive to their transport undertakings (STU) to line up at retail outlets for refuelling following the removal of subsidy for bulk consumers of diesel, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Friday. Talking to reporters here, Mr. Moily said he had heard that States such as Gujarat and Tamil Nadu had asked...
More »Shell India accused of tax evasion-Utpal Bhaskar, Remya Nair and Amrit Raj
-Live Mint Income-tax department says firm had underpriced intragroup share transfer by Rs 15,000 cr and evaded taxes consequently The Indian arm of Royal Dutch Shell Plc , Shell India Pvt. Ltd, has been accused by the income-tax (I-T) authorities of underpricing an intragroup share transfer by ` 15,000 crore and consequently evading taxes, said a person familiar with the development. Following the notice, which is one of the biggest transfer pricing orders...
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