Excise duty cut: Petrol price down Rs 2.5 a litre, diesel by Rs 2.25
In all, duty on petrol was hiked by Rs 11.77 per litre and that on diesel by 13.47 a litre in those 15 months that helped government's excise mop-up more than double to Rs 2,42,000 crore in 2016-17 from Rs 99,000 crore in 2014-15.
Oct 04, 2017, 13:54 PM IST