Nitin Gadkari talks of 10% additional GST on diesel, retracts

New Delhi, September 12 Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari walked back on his comments made earlier in the day on Tuesday proposing 10 per cent additional GST on diesel. Gadkari had said earlier in the day that since pollution is...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:11 AM Sep 13, 2023 IST

New Delhi, September 12

Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari walked back on his comments made earlier in the day on Tuesday proposing 10 per cent additional GST on diesel.

Gadkari had said earlier in the day that since pollution is a serious issue and it is causing a health menace too, he will meet the Finance Minister this evening and request her that in the coming time, an additional 10 per cent GST be levied on diesel vehicles because “people do not seem in the mood to listen anytime soon” Following a social media uproar, the minister later clarified on X that “there is no such proposal currently under active consideration by the government”.

“It is essential to clarify that there is no such proposal currently under active consideration by the government,” Gadkari said in the X post. —TNS

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