Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday alleged that the center had taken RS 30,000 Crore from the Government Government collected through CESS imposed on fuel in the past seven months.
Speaking to reporters, Nana Congress Nana Patole said the Union government had imposed CESS in various forms of fuel, which came to RS 30,000 crore between April 1 and October 31 “The Union government has given the first blow to the Maharashtra government by holding back GST rebate months.
To worsen the financial crisis, the center is collected by Cess in various forms of fuel.
It has been used by various methods of law and the administration gap to minimize the revenue of the state government from the sale of gasoline and diesel in the state, “patole claimed.
There have been CESS like, the money will have been added to the Maharashtra government cash, which can be used for various development works, he added.
The Congress leader also accused the center of introducing deductions on gasoline and diesel fuel only after receiving a setback in Bypolls recently.
The Maharashtra Congress has been communicated requests for the Chairperson of the Minister of UDDHAV Thackeray about exploring the way to introduce some of the decline in fuel prices in the state, he said.
The Rajasthan government of the Congress leadership has introduced a similar cut in value added tax (VAT), he said.
“As a minister who recovers his operation, we will wait a few days.
We will meet personally and tell him about our request,” he added.
Patole further said that even though they had demanded that petroleum products were brought under the scope of GST, the center was not ready for it.
“This oppose only because inclusion like in GST will make it mandatory for the government to share revenue with countries from time to time.
The Union Government rejects the idea from profit sharing with countries such as Maharashtra, especially because they want to keep a country that is weak Financial, “alleged Congress leader.
“In accordance with our rough calculation, the Union Government is at least Rs 60 per liter in the form of various types of taxes on gasoline and diesel at the price of the procurement of crude oil,” he said.
Patole accused the looting center of people by selling fuel at a higher price and the weakening of the countries financially by not sharing income.
‘Center takes the Most Rs 30,000 C through Cess on fuel’
