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Government keen on decontrol of diesel price
New Delhi, August 4, 2011 (PTI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government is
moving in the direction of decontrol of diesel price on which it has taken a view in principle and it has no other proposals.
“We are moving in that direction (of decontrol). There are no other
proposals under consideration of the government,” he told reporters outside Parliament after his reply in the Lok Sabha on the
discussion on price rise.
Mr. Mukherjee said in the context of his reply to the discussion on
inflation he had mentioned that the government has in principle taken a
view on decontrol of prices as has been done in the case of petrol. He said for better targeting of subsidies of LPG, kerosene and
fertiliser a Committee under Nandan Nilekani was working out modalities.
There has been speculation following his reply in the Lok Sabha that the
government may adopt differential pricing of diesel for passenger cars
vis-a-vis its use in rural areas. |
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