Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday, September 1,  demanded a reduction in Value Added Tax on the aviation turbine fuel in Madhya Pradesh to attract more flights and improve air connectivity in the state. Scindia was addressing a function virtually from New Delhi for the launch of IndiGo's Gwalior-Indore flight and re-starting of the Indore-Dubai flight. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and MP Chief Minister Chouhan also addressed the function.

Scindia said there are different slabs of VAT applicable on aviation turbine fuel in Madhya Pradesh, ranging from four percent to 25 percent. He said,  “I have written a letter to all chief ministers in the country to cut the VAT on aviation turbine fuel. There are nine states where it is in the range of one to four percent, and that has resulted in 15 percent increase in flights from those states,” he said, adding that  “I request the MP government to bring it down to one to four percent uniformly for the entire state.”

The BJP leader also requested MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to speed up the allotment of over 2,000 acre of land for the expansion of the Indore airport, as demanded by some locals leaders in the state’s industrial hub.

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