Petrol-Diesel GST: Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) Chairman Brijesh Goyal has raised the demand to bring petrol and diesel under the ambit of GST amid rising prices. Today he has also written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this subject.

He has appealed to the Central Government to immediately include petrol and diesel under the ambit of GST. For a long time, businessmen, factory owners and common people have been demanding this, so that they can get relief from this huge inflation.

Heavy taxes on petrol and diesel

Brijesh Goyal, Chairman of CTI, the top organization of traders and entrepreneurs in Delhi and the country, has said that if we talk about Delhi, according to the data till May 22, the actual price of petrol was Rs 66.29, on which excise duty is Rs 11.90 and VAT is Rs 16.03, while the dealer’s margin was Rs 4.42. The actual price of diesel was Rs 67.36, excise duty was Rs 7.80 and VAT was Rs 13.39, while the dealer margin was Rs 3.03.

He told that today around 42% tax is levied on the actual price of petrol including excise duty and VAT while diesel is levied around 32% tax. According to CTI, petrol is the most expensive in Telangana in the country because the highest VAT on petrol in Telangana is 35.2%, whereas in Andaman and Nicobar, petrol is the cheapest there due to only 1% VAT on diesel.

Petrol and diesel come under the purview of GST

Brijesh Goyal has said in a letter to PM Modi that when GST was implemented in 2017, there was talk of One Nation One Tax and it was said that there will be uniform tax and uniform rate on everything in the country, but all the states are arbitrarily charging VAT on petrol and diesel as per their own. Due to this, the rates of petrol and diesel are different in every state.

Due to this, the concept of One Nation One Tax is also being attacked. In such a situation, excise duty and VAT on petrol and diesel should be abolished and brought under the purview of GST. This will not only make the rates of petrol and diesel uniform across the country but will also reduce the rates of petrol and diesel.

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US- Iran war: Due to the ongoing tension between US and Iran, there was a shortage in the supply of some important things in the country. The most important of which is LPG gas, although now it seems that there has been a slight increase in the supply of these things. Now recently, big updates have also come out from the government regarding the supply of LPG and fertilizer and urea.

LPG supply increased
In a recent press conference, Joint Secretary of the Petroleum Ministry, Sujata Sharma, has given a big update regarding LPG. He has told that now the allocation of commercial LPG in the country has increased by 70 percent. Although people were panicking at some distributor centers and reaching to buy cylinders, despite this the government has adequate supply of LPG and there is no shortage with any distributor. Sujana said, ‘Most of the deliveries are now being done through authentication system (DAC) and about 93 percent of LPG cylinders have been delivered with authentication code only. So far, more than 1,65,000 tonnes of commercial LPG cylinders have been sold.

There is no shortage of manure and fertilizers
Apart from this, Additional Secretary of the Fertilizer Department, Aparna Sharma, while talking about the shortage of fertilizers during a press briefing on Monday, said, ‘The availability of fertilizers remains strong and the supply is more than the requirement and till now no information of any kind of shortage has been received. The availability of urea from April 1, 2026 to April 26, 2026 is 71.58 lakh metric tons, whereas the requirement was only 18.17 lakh metric tons. Similarly, the availability of DAP is also 22.35 lakh metric tonnes whereas its requirement in the country is only 5.90 lakh metric tonnes.

Let us tell you that in some reports that came out recently, it was said that to secure the supply of urea in India, it is being purchased at higher prices, so that the supply is not affected. However, the government has rejected any such claims.

Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a senior official of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and currently a member of the Expediency Council, has strongly rejected international demands for a ceasefire amid the conflict with the US and Israel. He emphasized that Tehran is in no mood to do ceasefire at this time and there will be no ceasefire without winning the war.

What is Rajai’s strategy to win over US?

According to CNN report, Rezai said that Iran does not intend to end the current military confrontation until a decisive outcome is achieved. Through this statement, Rezai has made Iran’s stance stronger than ever. This is also being seen as a very important change in Tehran’s strategy. Now Iran is moving towards adopting the strategy of a long and exhausting war (War of Attrition). The purpose of this strategy is to test the tolerance of America’s military and economic presence in West Asia.

On which fronts does Iran want to break America?

According to Rezai’s statement, the Iranian leadership believes that if this war drags on for a long time, it will ultimately prove to be unstable and costly for America. Tehran’s strategy is to increase pressure on America on three major fronts, which include economic stability, military resources and causing humanitarian damage.

Citing intelligence sources, CNN reported that this message is also being spread widely on Iran’s social media platforms to create the impression that America, which has never been defeated in the end, will have to withdraw from the Persian Gulf. It is believed that by presenting a strong and unyielding image, Tehran is trying to convince both regional countries and the American public that the cost of remaining in the Gulf region may outweigh the strategic benefits for America.

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