Modi's woes: Will PM offer relief?

He also pointed out that around 130 items, which were exempted from the central excise duty till date, have been proposed to be covered under the excise net, which will impose an extra burden on the common man already reeling under inflationary pressure. In a release, the government informed that issues of pending approval for allocation of gas from KG basin to GPPC 702 MW gas-based power plant at Pipavav were also taken up in the meeting with the PM.