After Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh Cuts Value Added Tax On Petrol, Diesel
The Andhra Pradesh government today announced a Rs 2 per litre cut in value added tax on petrol and diesel to check the rising prices. The price of petrol is expected to come down to Rs 84.71 a litre and diesel Rs 77.98 from Tuesday morning when the tax cut comes into effect.
The state government was levying Rs 4 a litre value added tax on petrol and diesel, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu told the state assembly. “The central government has been imposing a heavy burden on people by steeply increasing the prices of petrol and diesel despite heavy income in the form of various levies and dividends.”
Though the state is faced with a deficit budget, we have decided to reduce the tax and ease the burden on people. The state would have to forego a revenue of Rs 1,120 crore due to the measure.N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
The state government is currently levying 31 percent Value Added Tax plus Rs 4 as additional tax per litre of petrol and diesel. The additional tax component is now being reduced to Rs 2 a litre, a senior official of the Commercial Taxes Department said separately.
A day before the opposition-sponsored Bharat Bandh against rising fuel prices, poll-bound Rajasthan slashed the value added tax on petrol and diesel. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje announced a 4 percent reduction which brought the prices of the two commodities down by Rs 2.5 per litre.
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