ASSAM PETROL PRICE

Assam government has raised petrol prices by Rs 1.02 per litre and diesel prices by Rs 1.01 Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the state's fuel prices are Rs. 7 lower than West Bengal's, making them among the most affordable in India. He...

Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that despite the ongoing ethnic conflict, the party is likely to win both Lok Sabha seats in Manipur in next year's general election. Sarma urged BJP workers to strengthen the organization in the region so that the part...

In the first phase, 15 cities will be covered and in the next two years it will be expanded throughout the country. India saved as much as Rs 53,894 crore in forex outgo from 10 per cent blending besides benefiting the farmers. E-20 (petrol with 20 ...

​The tax on petrol was 13.5 per cent or Rs 11 per litre, whichever is higher. It has been revised to 13.5 per cent or Rs 12.50 per litre, whichever is higher, he said.

Dealer associations welcomed the relief given to citizens of the country by the central government in reducing prices of petrol and diesel through excise duty cut.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked states to cut state taxes to further cushion consumers from higher fuel prices. Three states - Kerala, Maharashtra and Rajasthan - have reduced VAT on petrol and diesel providing further relief to people in ...

Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli launched the M15 petrol in the presence of Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat and IOC chairman SM Vaidya on Saturday. Teli said that blending fuel with methanol will provide respite from...

The Pilot rollout is being done in Assam's Tinsukia due to the ready availability of Methanol which is being manufactured by the State Public Sector Enterprise - M/s Assam Petrochemical Ltd, Namrup in the vicinity of Digboi. The concept of the Metha...

The central and state governments levy taxes on fuel and these taxes constitute 55 per cent of the total retailing price of petrol, while in the case of diesel, it is 50 per cent, Moily said.

New Delhi, Congress-ruled Punjab has seen the biggest reduction in price of petrol in the country after it cut local sales tax or VAT the most while Union Territory of Ladakh witnessed the largest reduction in diesel rates for the same reason.

Punjab reduced VAT on petrol by Rs 10 and on diesel by ₹5 on Sunday. BJD-ruled Odisha reduced the price by Rs 3 on petrol and diesel effective from November 5.

Minister of State (MoS) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Nisith Pramanik on November 07 slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over fuel prices. He said, “There were protests in Bengal for fuel prices but the CM is quiet today (when prices have been re...

Two dozen states and UTs have matched the central government's excise cuts with a VAT reduction. And, in those states, the percentage of taxes in retail price will be marginally lower. Delhi has not yet lowered the VAT.

Buckling under pressure, the Union government had on Wednesday cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 10 a litre to give reprieve to consumers battered by record-high retail fuel prices.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Saa tweeted, "Heartening to learn Central Govt decision to reduce excise duty on petrol and diesel. In consonance with the decision of Honble PM @narendramodi, I am pleased to announce that Assam Govt will also red...

The Centre urged states to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel to give relief to consumers, a government statement said. Multiple states have heeded the Centre's call and reduced VAT attached to fuel rates in their respective terri...

While the central government levies a fixed excise duty of Rs 32.90 a litre on petrol and Rs 31.80 a litre on diesel, states charge an ad valorem rate of VAT that essentially results in per litre tax going up when prices rise, and falling when rates...

Brent crude, the most widely used benchmark, on Friday rose nearly 1 per cent to USD 67.44 a barrel after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, agreed not to increase supplies in April a...

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while presenting the vote on account on Friday, said that 25 per cent additional cess on liquor is also done away with. In a structured way, Assam and Meghalaya hiked petrol and diesel prices last year.