In the 12 months of the Corona period in the country, petrol cost Rs. 3, diesel Rs. 2.5 became expensive

New Delhi, Dt
Petrol-diesel prices have been rising steadily in the country during the Corona period when people's businesses came to a standstill and many people lost their jobs. On Saturday, petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 3 paise for the fourth day in a row on Saturday. 2 and diesel at Rs. 2.5 has become expensive. Taxes on both fuels have risen to record levels during this time.
With the price hike on Saturday, petrol price in Delhi will go up by Rs. The price of diesel has gone up by Rs 102.5 per liter and Rs 4.5 per liter. In Ahmedabad, the price of petrol has gone up by Rs 102.5 and diesel by Rs 105.50. In Gujarat, the highest price of petrol and diesel is in Bhavnagar, where the price of petrol is Rs. 104.5 and diesel at Rs. Is 104.51.
Petrol-diesel prices at petrol pumps in the country have reached record levels following a steady rise in international crude oil prices. Petrol price in seven leading cities of the country is Rs. 110, while in more than a dozen states, diesel prices have gone up by Rs. The level of 100 has been exceeded.
The highest price of petrol in the country is in Sriganganagar in Rajasthan at Rs. 12.5 and diesel Rs. 110.3 per liter while in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal petrol is Rs. 115.50 and diesel Rs. 102.5. The most expensive petrol in the country's four metros is in Mumbai, where the price of petrol is Rs. 117.15 and diesel at Rs. 108. Even in the border districts of Madhya Pradesh, the price of petrol has gone up to Rs. 115 has been crossed. In the border district of Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, the price of petrol is Rs. 118.5 and diesel at Rs. 102.5.
After the central government decided to increase excise duty on petrol and diesel on May 9, 2020 during the Corona period in the country, petrol at Rs. 3.5 and diesel at Rs. 2.5 has become expensive. In May 2020, when the international price of crude oil was ૯ 15 per barrel, the government increased excise duty on both fuels. Today, the international price of crude oil has reached US ૮૫ 3 per barrel, while excise on petrol is Rs. 2.50 per liter on diesel and Rs. It is 21.50.
In these difficult times of the Corona period, the government has made huge profits with the help of record excise duty on petrol and diesel. At present, excise duty on petrol is 4 per cent while diesel is 4 per cent. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameshwar Teli told Parliament in July that the central government's tax revenue on petrol and diesel would increase by 5 per cent to Rs. 4.5 lakh crore, up from Rs. 1.5 lakh crore. In the previous year 2016-17, the government had given Rs. 2.15 lakh crore.
Asked about the reduction in excise duty at a time when petrol and diesel prices are skyrocketing in the country, Union Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the government could not kill itself with an ax by reducing excise duty. He also mentioned the oil bonds taken in the UPA government. He said that the central government has allocated Rs. 1.5 lakh crore for oil bonds as principal. 2,500 crore has been paid. In addition, the central government has allocated the remaining Rs. 1.5 lakh crore is to be paid.