Gadkari proposes 10% GST hike on diesel-powered vehicles

Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said there is no proposal for increasing the GST on the sale of diesel vehicles. ​In a clarification issued barely two hours after he said that he would suggest the finance minister to increase GST by 10% on sale of such polluting vehicles, the minister said there is an urgent need to clarify media reports suggesting an additional 10% GST on the sale of diesel vehicles.