The cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval to the
decision of the government to exempt kerosene oil being
sold through the Public Distribution System from VAT.
The decision to exempt kerosene oil from VAT was taken
after a request in this regard was made by the Centre to
reduce the burden of price rise on common man. The state
has already done away with tax on domestic LPG and its
rate of tax on diesel is the lowest in the country, an
official spokesman said. The decision to revise the
rates of toll tax on Gurgaon-Sohna-Nuh-Alwar Road has
been necessitated to discourage the vehicles on NH-8
taking diversion to this road and for better revenue,
the spokesman said. The commuters are using
Gurgaon-Sohha-Nuh-Alwar Road as an alternative route to
save heavy toll being charged by National Highway
Authority of India on NH-8. As the
Gurgaon-Sohna-Nuh-Alwar Road (upto Rajasthan Border) has
recently been improved at a cost of Rs 347.87 crore,
there would be further tendency of tollable vehicles to
use this road as an alternative route, he said. It was,
therefore, decided that the rates of toll tax should be
made applicable immediately and these be increased to
1.5 times from this date.
