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Petrol, diesel taxes funding free meals and other schemes, says Hardeep Singh Puri

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Minister of Petroleum Hardeep Singh Puri defended fuel and diesel tariffs on Friday, claiming that the levies helped support government programmes that provided millions of people with free Covid vaccines, meals, and cooking gas during the pandemic. This comment comes in the wake of opposition parties' demands that the government reduce fuel taxes.