After thirteen days of excise responsibility reduce on petrol and diesel via way of means of the Central authorities, the Rajasthan authorities on November sixteen introduced to cut back value-introduced tax (VAT) to make the 2 fuels less expensive via way of means of Rs four according to litre and Rs five according to litre, respectively, from midnight.

“In the cupboard assembly today, it become unanimously determined to lessen the charge of VAT on petrol/diesel. After this, the prices can be decreased via way of means of Rs four according to litre in petrol and Rs five according to litre in diesel from 12 o’clock tonight, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tweeted.

Prices of petrol and diesel, however, remained the identical for the 13th day in a row on November 17 withinside the relaxation of the u . s . after the Central authorities reduce the excise responsibility on the 2 fuels to convey down retail prices from file highs, in step with a rate notification of state-owned gas retailers.

The authorities reduce excise responsibility on petrol via way of means of Rs five according to litre and that on diesel via way of means of Rs 10 a litre on November three to offer comfort to purchasers battered via way of means of file-excessive retail gas charges. The November four decline took the rate of petrol in Delhi to Rs 103.ninety seven a litre. The rate remained the identical on November 15. Diesel rate stayed unchanged at Rs 86.sixty seven according to litre at the day.

In Mumbai, gas charges witnessed a comparable trend. The petrol rate remained unchanged and retailed at Rs 109.ninety eight a litre. On May 29, Mumbai have become the primary metro withinside the u . s . in which petrol become retailed above Rs one hundred according to litre. Diesel rate additionally remained the identical and bought at Rs 94.14 according to litre.

The petrol and diesel charges remained unchanged in Kolkata at Rs 104.sixty seven according to litre and Rs 89.seventy nine according to litre, respectively.

Chennai retailed a litre of petrol on the identical rate of Rs 101.40. Diesel rate additionally remained unchanged at Rs 91.forty three according to litre.

The excise responsibility reduce become the highest-ever discount in excise responsibility. Reducing the excise responsibility, the union authorities additionally entreated states to commensurately lessen or value-introduced tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel to offer comfort to purchasers.

Following this, 26 states and union territories have reduce VAT to offer in addition reprieve to purchasers battered via way of means of file-excessive retail charges. The states/UTs that prolonged extra VAT blessings are Ladakh, Karnataka, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagr Haveli, Chandigarh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Gujarat, Nagaland, Punjab, Goa, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Andaman and Nicobar, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. States which have thus far now no longer reduced VAT consist of Congress and its allies dominated Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu. AAP-dominated Delhi, TMC-ruled West Bengal, Left-dominated Kerala, TRS-led Telangana and YSR Congress-dominated Andhra Pradesh have additionally now no longer reduce VAT.

Congress-dominated Punjab has visible the largest discount in rate of petrol withinside the u . s . after it reduce neighborhood income tax or VAT the maximum even as UT of Ladakh witnessed the biggest discount in diesel prices for the identical reason.

Petrol rate has been in addition decreased via way of means of as a good deal as Rs sixteen.02 according to litre and diesel via way of means of Rs 19.sixty one a litre due to the mixed effect of the excise responsibility and VAT reduce, in step with rate charts to be had from state-owned gas retailers. Poll-sure Punjab has visible the maximum reduce in petrol rate of Rs sixteen.02 a litre, accompanied via way of means of UT of Ladakh with Rs thirteen.forty three a litre and Karnataka (Rs thirteen.35).

The VAT discount in Punjab is Rs 11.27 according to litre on petrol even as in Uttar Pradesh, a good way to visit polls early subsequent yr to decide on a brand new authorities withinside the state, the discount is Rs 6.96. Gujarat has visible Rs 6.eighty two a litre discount in VAT even as Odisha has reduce the income tax via way of means of Rs four.fifty five and via way of means of Rs three.21 in Bihar.

Diesel has visible the maximum discount in Ladakh in which prices have come down via way of means of Rs 9.fifty two according to litre due to a reduce in VAT on pinnacle of Rs 10 a litre fall in excise responsibility. Karnataka has reduce VAT via way of means of Rs 9.30, accompanied via way of means of Rs 9.02 discount in Puducherry.