Gujarat gets second highest customs duty collections in India
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has received the second largest customs duty collections in the country for the first nine months of this financial year amounting to Rs9,972 crore. With this the state has moved up to the second place from the fourth place it held last year.

Customs duty collection from petroleum products was the biggest growth driver and the Gujarat zone has collected 16.54 pc of all India customs tax, second only to Mumbai. During the current financial year 2006-07, Gujarat zone has collected customs revenue of Rs9,972 crore, against Rs8,262 crore collected up to December 2005, thus registering a growth of 21 pc.

Till last year, the state was at the fourth position in terms of customs collection.
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Kolkata may come to halt this week
Kolkata: Large parts of West Bengal including Kolkata could soon see petrol pumps drying up as oil tanker owners have refused to end their strike following the failure of successive rounds of talks with the state transport minister and oil companies.

With the two opposing parties, the tank owners and oil companies like Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL refusing to budge from their stands, the situation may get worse.

The West Bengal Tankers Association is demanding a hike in transportation rates paid by the oil companies while the oil companies say it is not feasible to accept the demands of the transporters as the rate offered is highest in the country.

While the oil companies have their own fleet, the size at 40 tankers is miniscule compared to the 400 tankers owned by transporters. Oil companies say they can take care of 720 kilo litres against a demand of 9,000 kilo litre — petrol, diesel and kerosene taken together in the state.
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