The Maharashtra government, which had raised value-added tax (VAT) 1.1 per cent last year, for a year, is set to cut the tax to one per cent. The new VAT, effective April 1, 2014, is unlikely to have any significant impact on commodity prices.

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First Published: Mar 28 2014 | 11:12 PM IST