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Petrol, diesel price cut: Eleven states announced cuts in prices of petrol and diesel on Thursday.Eleven states announced cuts in prices of
petrol and diesel on Thursday after the central government slashed excise duty on fuel
Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced an excise duty cut of Rs 1.5 per litre on petrol and diesel
Further, state-run oil-marketing companies will absorb a cut of Re 1 per litre on petrol and diesel, he said
This has brought down the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.5 per litre
Mr Jaitley then urged the states to follow suit after which seven states announced cuts in petrol and diesel rates.The 11 states which
announced cuts in petrol and diesel prices are Maharshtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and
The price cuts would be effective from midnight tonight.The reduction in excise duty, only the second in four years of BJP-led NDA rule,
MaharshtraAfter the centre's announcement, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a cut in petrol prices by Rs 2.50 per
"Maharashtra government also decided to give additional relief of Rs 2.50 per litre on petrol to give a total benefit of Rs 5 per litre in
the state of Maharashtra," Mr Fadnavis tweeted
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh announced a cut of Rs 2.50 on both petrol and diesel in the state.Petrol, diesel price
said Himanta Biswa Sarma, the state minister of Finance, Health Family Welfare, PWD, Transformation Development.Petrol, diesel price cut
in Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced a cut of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and diesel prices
Mr Adityanath said that the state will take an annual revenue cut of Rs 4,000 crore as it passes on the relief in petrol, diesel rates to
consumers.Petrol, diesel price cut in GujaratGujarat government also decided to reduce petrol, diesel prices by Rs 2.5 per litre
This was announced by Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani on Twitter
diesel price cut in TripuraTripura also followed suit to cut petrol, diesel prices by Rs 2.5 per litre, according to a report by news agency
Indo-Asian News Service (IANS).Petrol, diesel rate cut in Himachal PradeshThe Himachal Pradesh government has decided to reduce prices of
petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 per litre, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said
The state government has decided to reduce the value added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel to effect a Rs 2.50 per litre reduction in fuel
prices in order to facilitate the general public, he was quoted as saying in a report by IANS.Petrol, diesel price cut in Jammu and
Kashmir"The state government this evening announced matching cut of Rs 2.50 per litre in fuel prices commensurate with the price cut of Rs
2.50, announced by the central government earlier today," an official spokesman was quoted as saying in an IANS report.Petrol, diesel prices
slashed in HaryanaWelcoming the decision of the Central government, Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu said the Haryana government has also
decided to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by about Rs 2.50 per litre, reported IANS.Last month, Rajasthan, Karnataka,
Kerala and Andhra Pradesh had reduced value added tax (VAT) or sales tax to cushion consumers for a spate of price increases.Almost half of
the fuel price is made up of taxes
The centre currently levies a total of Rs 19.48 per litre of excise duty on petrol and Rs 15.33 per litre on diesel
On top of this, states levy value-added tax (VAT)
Before the reduction, Mumbai had the highest VAT of 39.12 per cent on petrol, while Telangana levies the highest VAT of 26 per cent on
diesel.Petrol and diesel prices have been hitting multiple highs every day in many cities
Petrol and diesel rates are decided on a daily basis by oil-marketing companies on the basis of the rupee-dollar rate and global crude oil
