CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER URGES MAHARASHTRA
TO REDUCE SALES TAX ON ATF
The Civil Aviation
Minister Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain has urged Maharashtra Government
to reduce the Sales Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). He said,
this will not only help the airlines industry which is suffering
now, but also boost tourism in the state. This was stated by Shri
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain when the Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri
Sushil Kumar Shinde called on him here today. The Minister also
impressed upon Shri Shinde the urgency of removing the remaining
slum clusters near the Mumbai airport, which could be a possible
security problem.
The Chief Minister
requested Shri Shahnawaz Hussain that proposal for new airport
at Navi Mumbai as well as a cargo complex at Nagpur should be
cleared at the earliest. The Minister assured Shri Shinde that
the airport proposal will be taken up early. He said under the
airport modernisation programme, Rs.1500 crore will be invested
in the existing airport at Mumbai to make it world class. Civil
Aviation Secretary Shri K. Roy Paul and other senior officials
were present.
