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Common man being taxed for superfluous projects

The price of cooking gas or LPG has been further increased to Rs 913.50 from Oct 6 which will be rounded up to Rs 915 . The cost is mostly likely to become a 4- figure amount in a  few months time. The subsidy on gas had already been stopped. 

Due to the pandemic many people were ordering food from restaurants to restrict their movement out. Food ordered from restaurants was already taxed by the government. From this month, tax is also levied on the food delivered at home. A great job is being done by the Union Finance Minister for the government.  

Being a lady, one had expected her to be thrifty and control government expenses but on the contrary she is collecting more money from the common man by way of taxes for superfluous projects of phenomenal cost like Central Vista (Rs 13,000 crores) and world class plane for the Prime Minister (Rs 8,300 crores) which are  neither in the priority sector nor a necessity for the nation. 



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