In a post on X, Stalin accused the BJP-led Central government of hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel prices despite a drop in global crude oil rates, stating that citizens are not asking for a price cut but merely begging for no further increases.
Amid the turmoil in stock markets over the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the Modi government, stating that the benefit of reduced international crude prices has not been passed on to consumers and excise duty has now been h
The central government has raised the excise duties on diesel and petrol each by Rs 2 per litre, effective from Tuesday, according to a notification from the Department of Revenue.
The SBI report adds that the various avenues of income for the government such as corporate tax, income tax, customs duty, excise duty, Goods and Services Tax, Net tax revenue, and non-tax revenue have shown a better than estimated revenue collections not only in FY24 but also in the first t
In an amendment to Finance Bill 2024, which was presented to the National Assembly on June 12, the government reduced the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) on diesel and petrol from Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 80 to PKR 70 per litre but increased it from the existing PKR 60.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Nepal's anti-graft body on Sunday filed a case in the special court against the Chief Secretary and 10 others in alleged corruption during the printing of excise duty stickers.
The central government has reduced windfall tax on crude petroleum, according to a government notification. The special additional excise duty (SAED) on crude petroleum has been slashed from Rs 9,600 per tonne to Rs 8,400 per tonne.
"The government of India is playing a game. The basic excise duty that is distributed to the states has almost been finished and the new excise duty, including the additional excise duties 1, 2 and Cess, is not being distributed to the states. They are taking all the money into the centre
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed Opposition parties for playing politics over petrol prices and said that the Central Government has slashed excise duty twice in two years so that it does not burn a hole in people's pocket.
The top Indian states, accounting for 90 per cent of aggregate gross state domestic product, are expected to see revenue growth of 6-8 per cent to a cumulative Rs 34 lakh crore in the 2023-24 financial year, according to rating agency Crisil.