'Make In India' Twitter goof-up creates flutter on auto duty cut

January 07, 2015 02:49

The government's 'MakeInIndia' Twitter handle created a flutter on Tuesday on the micro-blogging site by erroneously stating that excise duty on cars and two-wheelers has been cut, but corrected the mistake later.

The @makeinindia, a Twitter handle managed by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, this afternoon posted that duties on small, large and mid-segment cars, as well as two-wheelers has been slashed in the range of 3-4 per cent.

The tweet generated much interest as it came within days of over ten-month-long duty concessions ending on December 31, a move that has resulted in automobile companies raising their car prices as much as Rs. 1.27 lakh a unit.

"Excise duty has been reduced for small cars & two-wheelers (12% > 8%), large cars (27% > 24%) & mid-segment cars (24% > 20%) #MakeInIndia," said the tweet.

As the news spread, the Twitter handle posted a "correction" nearly five hours later, saying, "These excise duty reductions were valid till 31 December, 2014 #MakeInIndia".

When contacted, Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das also told PTI that the news flash on Twitter was "false".

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