Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, while presenting his Budget for 2008-09 today proposed abolition of Value Added Tax (VAT) from rice, pulses, atta, maida, suji and besan.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/vat-foodgrains-abolished
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam