Following furore over hike in petrol and diesel prices in India, Union minister of state for finance Shiv Pratap Shukla has said that the rise in prices is a result of global crude oil price increase and US sanctions on Iran. Therefore, he highlighted that the government was finding a way out to bring down the prices.
Shukla noted that the government has not failed in controlling the prices of petrol and diesel but it’s due to steep rise in crude prices in international market and breaking of US-Iran pact, which has affected not only India but other countries as well. Besides, he said that Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has also suggested bringing petrol under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to control prices but imposing the GST will not be possible until a general consensus is drawn by GST council.
Talking on the protest and demonstration on the fuel price issue by the Opposition, the Minister has said that the government is putting efforts to balance and lower the price and they can’t say anything on Opposition protests as it is their work.
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