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Reject recommendation on prices, says NFIW

NEW DELHI: The National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) has asked the Centre to reject the Kirit Parikh Committee’s recommendation for decontrol of the petrol and diesel prices.

The recommendations will fuel the already high prices, Annie Raja, general secretary of the federation, said here in a statement.

Pointing to the “strange” logic cited in the reported for the deregulation, Ms. Raja said India opened up most of the crucial sectors in the name of competition, and the poor people were the victims of the policy.

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