Question : DUTY ON ATF

(a) the State-wise rate of duties levied on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF);

(b) whether the Union Government has recommended for bringing ATF under the `declared goods` category or lowering rates of duties levied on ATF; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of States thereto?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANiCKAM)

(a) This is a State subject. States levy and collect sales tax on ATF. Such information is not maintained centrally, (b)and (c): There is no such proposal at present.