Council of State Debates Saturday 16th December 1933 Official Report

The attitude adopted by the Government of India with reference to the recommendation that India should seek to secure election was explained in the speech made by the Honourable the Law Member on the Resolution moved by the Honourable Sir Phiroze Sethna on the 14th July 1930. [...] During the course of his observations he has said that the suspicion which the people have in their mind that by the imposition of this additional duty the interest of the users of the diesel oil engine will suffer is baseless. [...] Some time back Sir on the floor of this House when the question of export duty on petrol was being considered the Honourable Finance Member as far as I recollect made a remark that the Burma Oil Company and the IndBurma Oil Company were given the concession in order to keep down the price of the kerosene oil which was being used by the poor people at large. [...] I do admit that if there is really any evasion of duty due to some lacuna in the Finance Bill and the Tariff Bill it is the bounden duty of the Government to remedy the flaws and derive the just revenue to the State coffers. [...] If reports correct matter is of extreme urgency and the Governor in Council would seriously deprecate waiting till budget session and would urge strongly introduction of necessary legislation during the current session ". In the words of the Finance Member the importation of the oil against which the Bill is designed is about one million gallons a month whereas in his own opinion the drop in the