Make In India Twitter account makes mistake on excise duty cut on automobiles

Make In India twitter handle on Tuesday came for much ridicule after mistakenly posting that excise duty on small cars and two-wheelers have been cut. It later corrected this error. 

This is what  Make in India tweeted..

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

— Make in India (@makeinindia_) January 6, 2015

The tweet attracted a lot of attention as the extended concession ended on December 31, 2014 when NDA government decided not to extend it.

On Tuesday morning the handle had posted it was listing a few incentives that will catalyse India's automobile manufacturing process.

Today we’re listing a few incentives that will catalyse India's #automobiles manufacturing process #MakeInIndia pic.twitter.com/ZAqkoUNmU3

— Make in India (@makeinindia_) January 6, 2015

The mistake was corrected after almost five hours later.

@makeinindia_ Correction: These excise duty reductions were valid till 31 December, 2014 #MakeInIndia

— Make in India (@makeinindia_) January 6, 2015

The handle @makeinindia is maintained by Ministry of Commerce and Indusrty. 

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