Road cess, excise duty hiked on petrol, diesel but no impact on retail prices
The Centre on Tuesday night hiked the road cess and excise duty on petrol and diesel but assured that there will be no impact on the retail prices. The government increased the excise duties by Rs 10 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel.
May 06, 2020, 00:12 AM ISTGovt hikes excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 3 per litre
Excise duty on petrol and diesel was on Saturday hiked by Rs 3 per litre as the government looked to mop up gains arising from fall in international oil prices.
Mar 14, 2020, 10:02 AM ISTGovt rules out excise duty cut as petrol, diesel prices hit fresh high
Almost half of the fuel price is made up of taxes.
Sep 10, 2018, 17:45 PM ISTExcise collection on petrol, diesel up 50% at Rs 74.5K cr
Excise duty collection on petrol and diesel jumped over 50 percent in 2014-15 to Rs 74,465 crore as the government on multiple occasions raised tax rates to shore up its revenues.
May 08, 2015, 18:00 PM ISTGovernment raises excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 2/litre
This is the fourth since Prime Minister Narendra Modi lifted diesel price controls in October.
Jan 16, 2015, 17:50 PM ISTExcise duty on petrol, diesel hiked; no change in retail price
The oil firms had yesterday skipped cutting rates of the two fuels that had become necessary as international oil rates plunged to their lowest level since May 2009.
Jan 01, 2015, 20:30 PM ISTGovt raises excise duty on petrol, diesel by Rs 2 per litre
The government on Thursday hiked the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre.
Jan 01, 2015, 19:54 PM IST