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No petrol and diesel vehicles in India: Nitin Gadkari vows to cut fossil fuel bill..
"One hundred per cent," the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said when asked whether it is possible for India to get rid of petrol and diesel cars altogether..
Nitin Gadkari wants to slash GST on hybrid vehicles and has vowed to rid India entirely of the over 36 crore petrol and diesel vehicles...
This money will be used for improving the life of farmers, villages will be prosperous and the youth will get employment, the minister said.. Gadkari did not give any timeline to meet this ambitious target which even proponents of green energy believe is mind bogglingly difficult..
The proposal to reduce GST on hybrid vehicles to five per cent and to 12 per cent for flex engines has been sent to the Finance ministry which is considering the requisition, Gadkari said...
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