Kerala, Uttarakhand Cut Tax On Petrol After Congress Diktat

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After public anger over the sharp 10 per cent petrol price hike, the government is trying to soften the blow. Under pressure from its allies, the Opposition and the public over the steep hike in petrol price, the Congress has asked all its chief ministers to cut state taxes on petrol. For every one rupee paid for petrol almost 40 paisa is state taxes.

Uttarakhand and Kerala have already gone ahead and announced the cut. Petrol will now be Rs 1.63 cheaper in Kerala and Rs 1.87 cheaper in Uttarakhand.

Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has written to the Prime Minister asking for a rollback on the petrol prices.

A decision to this effect was taken at the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday night, sources said. Following the cabinet decision, the consumers of the hill state would get a relief of Rs 1.87 per litre on the prices of petrol, they said.

After the hike in the prices last night, petrol is currently being sold in Uttarakhand at the rate of Rs 75.24 per litre.

If the Congress-ruled states follow the diktat, the states that are likely to benefit are Delhi, Haryana, Kerala (coalition), Manipur, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra (coalition), Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Jammu and Kashmir (coalition), Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal (coalition).

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