Rajasthan is the only state where the higher price is being charged on petrol

Jaipur. After reducing the excise duty on petrol and diesel by the central government, Rajasthan is the only state where tax on petrol is being charged more than the center. The Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association demanded the Gehlot government to reduce the rates of VAT, but instead of reducing the rates, the Rajasthan government demanded from the central government that the rates of petrol diesel should be equal to international crude oil or else petrol-diesel should be included in GST.

The central government made petrol diesel cheaper by reducing the excise duty on petrol diesel, but in Rajasthan, petrol diesel is still more expensive than other states. Petrol diesel is Rs 111 per liter in Jaipur, diesel is also 95 per liter. For this reason, consumers were seen upset at the petrol pump. The only demand of all is that the Central Government has reduced the time of excise duty, now the Rajasthan government should make petrol and diesel cheaper by reducing VAT.

After reducing the excise duty of whose central government, now the central tax on petrol has been Rs 27.90 per liter, while the Rajasthan government is still charging Rs 30.51 per liter as VAT. That is, the Rajasthan government is charging more tax on petrol by Rs 2.60 per liter than the tax of the central government. The reason for this is that Rajasthan has the highest VAT in the country. In Rajasthan, 36% tax is being charged on petrol and 26% on diesel as VAT. The result of this is that petrol is costlier by about Rs 12 per liter in Rajasthan from the neighboring state.

Tax per liter…(Petrol)

After deducting Excise Duty Before Deducting
Actual price 48.84 48.46
Central Tax 27.90 32.90
State Tax 30.51 32.19
Dealer Commission 3.85 3.90
Consumer is getting 111.10 117.45

Petrol pump owners have demanded from the government that by reducing VAT, the rates of petrol in Rajasthan should also be made at par with neighboring states, but instead of reducing VAT, the Rajasthan government has demanded from the central government that the rates of petrol and diesel should be increased in the international market. Equivalent to oil. In the Gehlot government, Transport Minister Pratap Khachariyawas alleged that the central government is still charging more tax, so it is the responsibility of the central government to make petrol and diesel cheaper.

BJP has also demanded from the Gehlot government of Rajasthan to reduce the VAT rates on petrol and diesel in the state. Although there is not much difference between the tax collection of the central and state government on diesel after the removal of excise duty, but petrol pump owners in Rajasthan say that the real problem is that due to the cost of petrol and diesel from neighboring states, the border districts are buying petrol and diesel. For this people are going to these neighboring states, due to which the petrol pump owners in Rajasthan are suffering. Along with this, due to expensive diesel petrol, inflation is also higher than other states.