Punjab govt to take call on slashing fuel prices at Cabinet meet today: Manpreet Badal

PUNJAB FINANCE and Taxation Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Friday said that the state government will take a decision on reducing petrol and diesel prices in the next Cabinet meeting scheduled Saturday (November 6).

Speaking to the media after paying obeisance to Lord Vishwakarma during a state-level function organised to commemorate his birth anniversary in Ludhiana, Manpreet said the state government was also keen to slash the prices of petrol and diesel to give more relief to the people but the final decision would be taken in the Cabinet meeting. He said that the Union government should have reduced excise duty further.