After VAT cut, diesel at Rs 86.51 per litre in Haryana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 5

After the Centre reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel, Haryana Government has also decided to reduce the rates of value-added tax (VAT) on fuel in the state.

As per an official statement, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that due to the reduction in VAT rates, prices of petrol and diesel have been reduced by Rs 12 per litre in the state. Khattar also tweeted about it.

A day before Diwali, the Centre had slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 per litre respectively.

While issuing a video statement, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said that it was a fraud with the people of the state. “The BJP-JJP government tried to befool people by reducing Rs 1.12 per litre on petrol and increasing the tax on diesel by Rs 1.78 per litre.”

He attached the notification of Excise and Taxation Department with his video statement on twitter.

Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Kumari Selja said that the reduction in prices was not sufficient. She claimed that the Centre had reduced the prices by Rs 5 and Rs 10 for petrol and diesel respectively, but the fuel prices had risen by that much in October alone.

After reduction in VAT, the price of petrol has come down from Rs 106.94 to Rs 95.27 per litre in Haryana. The diesel price has come down from Rs 98.60 to Rs 86.51 per litre.

Petrol and diesel prices are higher in other states. In Punjab, petrol is Rs 105.02 per litre and in Delhi, it is Rs 103.97. Similarly, the price in Himachal Pradesh is Rs 96.06 per litre and in Rajasthan, it is Rs 111.10 per litre.

The diesel price in Punjab is Rs 88.76 per litre, in Delhi, it is Rs 86.67 per litre and in Rajasthan, the cost is Rs 95.71 per litre.