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House team wants cartels punished, oppose price controls

A parliamentary committee established to investigate the spiraling cost of living that has put pressure on consumers has proposed a raft of measures but cautioned against price controls.

The MPs proposed measures to rein in oil cartels, lobbied the Government to reduce taxes imposed on diesel and zero-rate kerosene and urged the introduction of targeted social welfare programmes.

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