CORRIGENDUM New Delhi, the 28th March, 2012 G.S.R. (E).- In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012,-
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday presented a populist budget by slashing petrol prices by Rs 11, announcing Rs 1,000 allowance for housewives, proposing to stabilise domestic gas cylinder prices, and setting target of 15 per cent GDP growth for the next fiscal. Parrikar, who holds finance portfolio, said that VAT on petrol would be almost abolished. There would a VAT at 0.1 per cent, just to keep a sale record. This, Parrikar said, would cut petrol prices by almost Rs 11 per litre. Current price of petrol in Goa is Rs 65 per litre.