Agreed that petrol prices should be a bit high to curb reckless usage and prevent from burdening our imports, but how come it is let to go so high by proportionately increasing taxes. There should be some threshold where the taxes do not rise with international increase in crude, say the taxes cannot be greater than 35 rupees per liter with any amount of increase in crude prices. This will give some solace to the common man. The policies of the UPA were not good and NDA cannot follow the same and call itself different from its predecessor.
Where will the money come for infrastructures if Petrol prices are cut ?? We want BI-PA-SA. BIjlee-PAni-SAdak for free ??? Which ever party Governs has to do a balancing act. Modi may have promised funny impractical freebies but in reality there can be nothing for free.
Re: Petrol
by Vishnu Basantani on Sep 13, 2018 03:06 PM
Modi has only lied to the common man of this country. He is the most lier P.M. our country ever got.
Petrol prices have already touched Rs.90 mark. Great achievement by the government which has so much of care and concern for the common man. Keep it up. Hike petrol rates to Rs.150 so that the ruling party will get plenty of money for the next elections. Also, make Rupee touch 100 mark against the US Dollar. This government wants to rule the country for the next 50 years. Great ambition indeed.
Re: Petrol prices
by venkatesh kalapatapu on Sep 11, 2018 07:56 PM
Your views are common man views.You have spoken for india. All you expressed are 100% correct
Re: Re: Petrol prices
by Sane Voice on Sep 11, 2018 10:59 PM
Debt payment is just a fairy tale concocted by the sangh parivaar. Every government raises debt, and several of the government companies issue debt instruments often guaranteed by either the central government or state governments. This government has also raised loans. What PVN government borrowed, Atal government or subsequent governments repaid, and so on and so forth. This government has an obligation to honor the debt instruments of earlier regime, and succeeding government(s) have the obligation of honouring the debts raised by the present government.
Moreover, any debt that is falling due in the current year, provision for its repayment is made in the budget. If that is the case, where was the need for the government to swindle common man and pay petrol bonds? Assuming that the government has not made any budgetary provisions for payment of debts, the government, as per their own claims, has paid an amount of Rs.2.70 lakh crore inclusive of interest, out of the estimated amount of Rs.11.5 lakh crore the government has got by way of levying excess tax on petrol, diesel and gas. Where has the remaining 8.8 lakh crore has gone? For building lynch groups and for rewarding them? Let the government come out with details of how the money has been used.
Re: Petrol prices
by maria mascarenhas on Sep 13, 2018 05:22 PM
You are right when you say the ruling party is hiking the prices for their kitty in the next elections, last time they did it after the elections to recover the expenditures done for the elections this time around they are doing it before so that they will reduce it after manipulating the EVMs and winning the elections to show how good they are. Challenge to them to win the elections on ballot then we will say this party is truly popular or good. Ballot will help the public decide who they want not EVMs which have been manipulated and lying that they cannot be done. This is technology you can do anything with it and reverse it later to show how innocent they are? If they are not afraid then why not go for the ballot voting?
Ours is a country where the voters vote out governments on the issue of prices of onion and of tomatoes. Therefore, it is anybody's guess as to what people will do on petrol prices. Petrol expense in any household of a common man cannot be more than 10 % of the total expenses. This 10 %, now has risen by say 10 % in a year. So the overall effect on the household is only 1 %. But the TV interviews and the media show as if heaven has fallen. They will not focus that all other prices are very much under control-why should they. This makes sensational news and specially so because it is against the government. In the BANDH on this issue (promoted by 22 parties -as if they were promoting something great), no one in the media has talked against the senseless violence and damage to properties. Well the media never talks of the mob violence -it did not speak in case of Bhima-Koregaon and in one other major case this year . The media talks only of mob lynchings and not against mob violence and the loss of properties in these mob activities. If the entire media, collectively starts deprecating such mob violence and damage to property, and stops showing the images of this 'tod-fod', there will be a big discouragement to such actions. So, media, please give it a thought. virendra
Re: Petrol price
by Sane Voice on Sep 11, 2018 07:41 PM
Increase is not just 10%, sir. It has gone up from Rs.65 to Rs.90 (38%). 38% is the direct impact on the purse of common man. Just imagine the spiraling effect it will have indirectly on transportation of goods (including essential commodities); bus, train, auto, taxi,cab charges, etc., just to cite a few examples. This government is playing havoc with the lives of common man, because he is not in a position to protest.
Ours is a country where the voters vote out governments on the issue of prices of onion and of tomatoes. Therefore, it is anybody's guess as to what people will do on petrol prices. Petrol expense in any household of a common man cannot be more than 10 % of the total expenses. This 10 %, now has risen by say 10 % in a year. So the overall effect on the household is only 1 %. But the TV interviews and the media show as if heaven has fallen. They will not focus that all other prices are very much under control-why should they. This makes sensational news and specially so because it is against the government. In the BANDH on this issue (promoted by 22 parties -as if they were promoting something great), no one in the media has talked against the senseless violence and damage to properties. Well the media never talks of the mob violence -it did not speak in case of Bhima-Koregaon and in one other major case this year . The media talks only of mob lynchings and not against mob violence and the loss of properties in these mob activities. If the entire media, collectively starts deprecating such mob violence and damage to property, and stops showing the images of this 'tod-fod', there will be a big discouragement to such actions. So, media, please give it a thought. virendra
Prior to 2013, petrol prices were subsidized. Post 2013, particularly after 2014, not only non-subsidization continued, but the government in power got so greedy that it continued to levy heavy taxes while the going was good (till early 2018). When international crude prices started moving up, the government, having tasted blood, continued to increase taxes so that it can earn more money for what they call"development works". They cited construction of roads, providing gas cylinders to 3 crore BPL families, etc etc. The moot point is that how the government foresee the windfall bonanza accruing out of international oil prices, and how the government was so unprofessional as not to make budgetary provisions? Every time, when questioned, the government gives some lame excuses regarding utilization of the excess amount of Rs.11.5 lakh crores collected.
This government has made mess out of the oil price scenario and has the brazenness to blame 60 years of family rule for the ills it (government) has created.
For Once SFA has presented some sensible person who has given good and correct reply to his questions. Both MMS and Modi have taken right Decisions given the circumstances and we people have to either pay higher price for fuel or pay higher price to control fiscal deficit by way of other taxes and at the cost of development. GST may not bring the price down as States have the right to add surcharges over GST and they will do it.
Re: Correct ansers
by arungopal agarwal on Sep 11, 2018 04:58 PM
BJP govt. has totally failed to control its Maharaja like DA linked perqs. and pension to govt. servants and of politicians. First they should show their WILL to act, whereas carry home of all who are depending on rental income or interest have decreased. Let us see the guts of Modi govt. to take correction. Daily we listen on this front increase in expenditure, never any cut in perqs. biggest liability is DA linked pension as pensioners are more than present staff everywhere.
ACTUALLY GOVT HAS TO LOOK AFTER ITS INDIA CITIZENS,COMFORT AND CARE PUBLIC FROM ANY NATURAL PROBLEMS,SO GOVT HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY WAY OF VOTING,BUT HERE WHAT IS GOING ON IS JUST OPPOSITE,PUBLIC HAS TO FILL UP POCKETS OF GOVT BABUS SO THAT THEY CAN STAY FOR LONG TIME AND LOOT PEOPLE FROM WHICHEVER POSSIBLE.
