: West Bengal becomes fourth state to reduce taxes on petrol, diesel #IndiaNEWS The West Bengal government on Sunday became the fourth state to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel, reported The Times of

West Bengal becomes fourth state to reduce taxes on petrol, diesel #IndiaNEWS
The West Bengal government on Sunday became the fourth state to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel, reported The Times of India. The taxes were reduced by Re 1 and will be effective from February 22 in the poll-bound state.State Finance Minister Amit Mitra said the move would provide some respite to people affected by the rapidly-increasing prices of fuel, reported PTI. “To reduce the common man’s burden, the state government has decided to allow rebate of Re 1 per litre on sales tax payable on sales of petrol and diesel w.e.f. [with effect from] the end of midnight of 22nd February, 2021 till 30th day of June, 2021,??? he tweeted.In the past few days, fuel prices have skyrocketed with petrol costing over Rs 100 in some areas of the country. However, there was no change in fuel prices across the four metropolitan cities on Monday.In Kolkata, petrol cost Rs 91.78 a litre, while the price of diesel was Rs 84.56 a litre. Petrol price stayed at Rs 90.58 in Delhi, while diesel was priced at Rs 80.97 per litre. In Chennai, petrol cost Rs 92.59 and diesel Rs 85.98 a litre. Petrol price was Rs 97 per litre in Mumbai, while diesel cost Rs 88.06 per litre.Meanwhile, Mitra alleged that the Centre...Read more

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