WB govt withdraws cess on LPG

''I consulted my Finance minister Amit MItra after midnight decision of the UPA government to hike prices of diesel, LPG and Kerosene oil and decided to withdraw cess collected by the state government on each LPG cylinder to give relief to common people'', the chief minister told reporters here.

She said that the state government would not collect cess of Rs 16 per LPG cylinder and this would effectively put the burden of hike at Rs 34 and not Rs 50 on consumers in the state.
''UPA government raised the LPG cylinder price by Rs 50, but consumers in our state will bear Rs 34 by our government's decision'', she said.

This, she said, would entail loss of Rs 75 crore to the state exchequer ''which we will mop up from other sources of income. But our government does not want to put more burden on the people''.

''I think this will provide relief to the Ma, Mati and Manush'', she said adding that notification in this regard would be made on Monday.