Government Exploring Sugar Cess And A GST Cut On Ethanol

An informal ministerial panel today explored options such as production-linked subsidy, imposition of a sugar cess and reducing GST on ethanol to help sugar mills in clearing dues worth Rs 19,000 crore to sugarcane farmers. India’s Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today held a meeting to discuss ways to dea…