Fuel dealers also want the government to bring petrol and diesel under the GST regime. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/MintMumbai: The United Petroleum Front (UPF) on Saturday announced nationwide strike of dealers on 13 October to press for various demands including better margins and inclusion of petroleum products under the goods and services tax (GST) regime. UPF represents over 54,000 dealers from the Federation of All-India Petroleum Traders, the All-India Petroleum Dealers Association and the Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers. Dealers also want the government to bring petrol and diesel under the GST regime. Fuel dealers are also opposed to the daily price mechanism introduced from 1 July, saying it has benefited neither the consumers nor the dealers.

Source: Mint October 07, 2017 14:37 UTC