New Delhi: The Central government has once again targeted non-BJP states over VAT on petrol-diesel. Former aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that states like Delhi, West Bengal and Maharashtra have imposed 25 per cent VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), which is increasing the prices of plane tickets.
Hardeep Singh Puri, who is handling the housing and urban affairs and petroleum and natural gas departments in the Modi government, said that 40 per cent of the price of airlines in operation is an aviation turbine fuel (ATF). If the ATF is expensive, airlines will not reduce the price of tickets. Hardeep Singh Puri wrote in Koo that - Have you ever wondered why the rates of air tickets have not come down? Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) accounts for 40 per cent of the cost of the airline operation. But Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal have imposed 25 per cent VAT on it.
Puri further said that vat is negligible in BJP ruled or union territory as compared to non-BJP ruled states. Citing the examples of UP, Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Minister said that there is only 1 per cent VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). Puri said that PM Modi had ensured under the vision from Hawai slippers to airplane that it would be so cheap to travel by plane that even the general public would be able to travel by ship, but these states have created hurdles in it.
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