Petrol pump owners call day-long strike on October 13 to press GST
Petrol pump owners call day-long strike on October 13 to press GST
Petrol Pump Owners Across The Country Has Announced A Day-long Strike On October 13 Protesting Against Discrepancies In Supply And Demand To Include Petroleum Products Under Goods And Service Tax (GST).
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Deepak Mahato | Updated on: 08 Oct 2017, 11:38:24 AM
New Delhi:
Petrol Pumps owners across the country has announced a day-long strike on October 13 protesting against discrepancies in supply and demand to include petroleum products under Goods and Service Tax (GST).
The day-long strike has been called by United Petroleum Front, an umbrella organisation of all petrol dealers controlling 54,000 petrol pumps across the country.
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