Say no to a non-transparent subsidy

The government has a convoluted system of giving petroleum subsidies. The budget provides some amount of cash to the oil marketing companies (OMCs), showing this as the subsidy on petroleum. In addition, the oil producers give subsidy directly to the OMCs. There is also some opaque subsidy by the OMCs in the form of lost profits. The system is so convoluted that there is no transparency and the subsidy figures in the budget are under-reported and unreal.

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