Rising fuel prices

The article on rising fuel prices and how it is affecting transporters provided an insight into how there is more to it than just the rising international crude prices. Reflecting on the number of challenges faced by transporters and their fast depleting ability to sustain and stay in business, the rising fuel prices are reflective of a complex mechanism at work, which is clearly not transparent. Neither in the way the fuels are taxed, and neither in the way the taxes collected are used for what they should be. At a time when inflation and unemployment are fast rising, the near continuous rise in fuel prices is uncomforting. What is most uncomforting is the inability of the powers be to bring under the realm of GST and tax it at 28 per cent.

Rohan Gokhale, Nagpur