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Guj: Country s first e-vehicles-only area to be developed in Kevadia

The Statue of Unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Authority (SOUADTGA) on Sunday said it will develop the country s first electric vehicles-only area in Gujarat s Kevadia. In its statement, the authority said that the area surrounding the 182-metre tall Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat s tribal-dominated Narmada district will be converted into an electric-vehicles-only area in a phased manner. The announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Kevadia, which houses the world s tallest Statue of Unity, will become the country s first electric vehicle city. Speaking at the release of ethanol blending road map 2020-25 on the occasion of World Environment Day on Saturday, Modi had said that necessary infrastructure is being made available to run only battery-based buses, two-wheeler, four- wheeler in Kevadia in future.

No reduction in VAT on fuel, says Gujarat FM on state budget for 2021-22

Announcing the state budget for 2021-22 with a surplus of Rs 588 crore without any change in taxes, Gujarat deputy chief minister and finance minister Nitin Patel on Wednesday said that the government would not be reducing value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel. Talking to mediapersons on Wednesday post budget, Patel said that the state s VAT on fuel was lower than 14 other states and hence, the government had no plans of reducing the same. Patel presented the budget with a size of Rs 2.27 trillion, up by Rs 9,742 crore from 2020-21 while making major provisions for education (Rs 32,719 crore), health and family welfare (Rs 11,323 crore), urban development (Rs 13,493 crore), and energy and petrochemicals (Rs 13,034 crore), among others.

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