
Absorbing the Shock Due to WAR: What India’s Latest Fuel Tax Cut Really Signals
Late Friday, the Centre reduced the special additional excise duty on petrol from ₹13 to ₹3 per litre, and on diesel from ₹10 to zero.
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Late Friday, the Centre reduced the special additional excise duty on petrol from ₹13 to ₹3 per litre, and on diesel from ₹10 to zero.

On April 11, quietly and without a press conference, the Department of Revenue issued a series of notifications that sharply raised export duties on diesel and aviation turbine fuel — taking the diesel export levy from Rs 21.5 per litre.

Fuel prices across major Indian cities have shown no change from the previous day, despite the Union government cutting excise duty on petrol by ₹3 per litre and fully exempting diesel from the duty.

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