New Delhi: Because fuel prices continued to remain high, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday that Madhya Pradesh collected the highest sales tax or VAT on gasoline in the country, while Rajasthan had the highest tax on diesel.
In a written reply on the question at Lok Sabha, a newly appointed oil minister said that the state government collected value added tax (VAT) with the total base price and gasoline and diesel center tax.
Madhya Pradesh RS 31.55 A Liter PLN on gasoline which is the highest in this country, while Rajasthan demands Rs 21.82 per liter in Diesel.
“Excise / Cess collected (by the central government) from gasoline is Rs 1,01,598 Crore and from Diesel is Rs 2,33,296 Crore during the Financial Year 2020-21 (which ended March 31 2021),” said Puri), “said Puri .
The price of fuel pumps has been static since July 18, now as an Oil Marketing Company (OMCS) has paused the price revision since the last 9 days.
However, the price of fuel continues to remain on the higher side with gasoline prices that cross Rs 100 per liter sign in all the main metro.! function () {“use tight”; window.addeventlistener (“message”, (function (e) {ifo (void 0! == e.data [“datawrapper-high”]) {VAR T = document.quereselectorAllagnead (“iframe”); for (var a in e.data [“datawrapper-height”]) for (var r = 0; r