No Scope For Further Excise Duty Cuts On Petrol, Diesel Prices: Source
No Scope For Further Excise Duty Cuts On Petrol, Diesel Prices: Source
The legislature had cut extract obligation on the two fills by Rs. 2 a liter each last week yet it didn’t bring about lower retail costs as new charges were included.

New Delhi: The legislature has no quick intend to additionally cut extract obligation on petroleum and diesel because of its tight monetary circumstance, a back service source said on Tuesday.
The administration had cut extract obligation on the two energizes by Rs. 2 a liter each last week while displaying the financial plan, yet it didn’t bring about lower retail costs as new expenses were included.
The nation has the most noteworthy retail costs of petroleum and diesel among South Asian countries as assessments represent about up to 50 for every penny of the pump costs.
India raised extract obligation nine times between November 2014 and January 2016 to shore up government funds as worldwide oil costs fell, yet then cut the assessment last October by 2 rupees a liter.
Sources said the service has likewise looked for incorporation of oil, diesel, stream fuel and petroleum gas in the GST to enable organizations to guarantee impose credits against the expense paid on the buy of hardware intended to deliver refined fuel.
“We can’t guarantee enter impose credit for right around 70 percent of our volumes … So more often than not we miss out around 1.5 billion rupees quarterly on that,” J Ramaswamy, head of back at Hindustan Petroleum Corp, said.
(This Story originating from NDTV)