The Government is in favour of bringing petroleum products under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and is awaiting a consensus among the states over the issue.
Replying to supplementaries during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the Centre has already reduced excise duty on petroleum products. He said it has written to all the states to decrease state duties on these products.
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