Delhi government on Wednesday exempted life-saving medicines from taxation under the value added tax regime and decided to approach the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for reduction in sales tax on diesel.
This was announced by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit after a Cabinet meeting.
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She said several household items have also been exempted from VAT.
"In these 13 days since implementation of VAT, we got representations from various associations. Accordingly, we have corrected some of the lapses that there were there when it was implemented," she said.
Dikhit said the government would approach the Empowered Committee for a roll-back on sales tax on diesel, LPG, sweets and other items. Sales tax on diesel had been increased from 12 to 20 per cent under VAT.
