Tripura reduces VAT on aviation fuel to accomodate better air traffic at Agartala airport

Tripura Cabinet has decided to reduce the share of Value-Added Tax (VAT) levied on Aviation Turbine Fuel from 16 per cent to 1 per cent expecting better air traffic at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport Agartala soon after it gets the international airport status. In a statement, information and cultural affairs minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday said, "It is expected that the international airport status will be accorded to the airport as construction works are almost complete."

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