Govt to review new taxes levied on crude, diesel, ATF every fortnight, says Nirmala Sitharaman
The Hindu
A ₹6 per litre tax on export of petrol and ATF and ₹13 per litre tax on export of diesel is effective from July 1.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will review every fortnight the new taxes levied on crude, diesel and ATF based on international prices.
She said these are "extraordinary times" and oil prices are internationally unbridled.
"We do not want to discourage export, but want domestic availability to increase," Ms. Sitharaman told reporters in New Delhi.
She said that if oil is not being available and exports are happening at such phenomenal profit, we need at least some of it for our own citizens.
"We need to take this twin-pronged approach," the minister added.
The government on Friday slapped an export tax on petrol, diesel and jet fuel (ATF) while also joining nations like the UK in imposing a windfall tax on crude oil produced locally.
A ₹6 per litre tax on export of petrol and ATF and ₹13 per litre tax on export of diesel is effective from July 1.
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