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Govt will not cut excise duty as petrol, diesel prices touch record highs

05 Sep 2018 Evaluate

The government will not cut excise duty on petrol and diesel to cushion consumers from spiralling prices, which touched all-time record highs, as it has limited fiscal space available to take any dent in revenue collections. With imports becoming costlier because of rupee's free fall against the US dollar, the government believes the current account deficit will overshoot the target and it cannot disturb fiscal maths by cutting excise duty on petrol and diesel.

Talking on the relentless price rise, former finance minister P Chidambaram has said that relentless rise in prices of petrol and diesel is not inevitable, because the price is built up by excessive taxes on petrol and diesel. He also said that if taxes are cut, prices will decline significantly.

Petrol and diesel prices touched fresh highs on September 04, 2018, as rupee hit record low of 71.54, making imports costlier. Petrol price in Delhi rose to a record Rs 79.31 a litre and diesel climbed to an all-time high of Rs 71.34, renewing calls for a cut in excise duty to cushion the spike. According to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers, petrol price was hiked by 16 paise per litre and diesel by 19 paise. Fuel rates have been on fire since mid-August, rising almost every day due to a combination of a drop in rupee value and rise in crude oil rates.

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