Asom govt relaxes sales tax for petrol, diesel

Guwahati, June 10 (UNI) Congress-led Asom government today announced that it will forgo the additional revenue accruing from Sales Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.

Informing this through a release, government spokesperson Ripun Bora said the decision was taken to relief the people of the state of the hike in petrol and diesel prices.

This would result in the immediate reduction of petrol prices by 86 paise per litre and of diesel by 28 paise per litre, the release added.

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