Question : EXCISE DUTY ON EXEMPTION TO DIGBOI REFINERY

(a) whether the Government have received any recommendation/proposal from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to give excise duty relief to Digboi Refinery on the line of Numaligarh Refinery as part of PM`s economic package for North-Eastern States;

(b) if so, the steps taken so far in this regard; and

(c) the time by which a final decision will be taken in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL)

(a) Yes Sir.

(b) The Government has not found it feasible to accept the proposal.

(c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.