Rajasthan: Cut VAT on fuel prices, transporters tell CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR: Transporters in the state have written to chief minister Ashok Gehlot asking for reduction in VAT on fuel prices after the Centre reduced the excise duty on the same.
The transporters claimed that despite the excise duty being reduced, fuel prices in the state continue to be highest in the country because of which they are finding it tough to run the trade. The transporters wrote that if VAT were not reduced, they would go on a statewide strike.
The letter by Rajasthan Transport Association president Anil Arora said that as compared to neighbouring states, the fuel prices in Rajasthan is very high due to which they are getting doubly effected as previously the lockdown had brought heavy losses in their business and now the diesel cost is adding to it.