Calling for uniformity in tax rates of petroleum products, he said the issue would be taken up at the meeting of finance ministers of the northern zone on January 19, as states should not be seen as competing with each other.
Calling for uniformity in tax rates of petroleum products, he said the issue would be taken up at the meeting of finance ministers of the northern zone on January 19, as states should not be seen as competing with each other.
“Let the whole country have a uniform slab in terms of taxation on petroleum products. Why should Punjab be taxed higher than Haryana and then there is a constant war going on and especially for smaller states,” he said, adding that this leads of inter-state smuggling of products.
To a question on whether the Congress party will bring these items within the ambit of GST and whether the states are ready to forgo taxes, Badal said these are things which have to be worked out by all the states sitting together.
“Finance Ministers of North Zone, we are meeting and one of the agenda items when the ministers of North India meet will be that let us have uniformity not only on petroleum products but also in small things like car registration etc,” he said, adding that what one is seeing is people going to neighbouring states to get a car registered.
“So, why states should be competing for revenue?” he asked.
