In the first nine months (April-December) of the current financial year (2021-22), the central government’s indirect tax revenue in the form of customs duty and excise duty on petroleum products increased by almost 24 per cent to Rs 3,31,621.07 crore.
Neemuch’s Right to Information (RTI) activist Chandrashekhar Gaur said on Tuesday that two departments of the Center have given this information to him on his application filed under the Right to Information Act. Significantly, this information has come to the fore at a time when the prices of petrol and diesel have been increased by 80-80 paise per liter, while the price of domestic LPG has been increased by Rs 50 per cylinder.
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Gaur, citing details obtained under the RTI Act, said that between April and December 2021, customs duty of Rs 37,653.14 crore was collected on the import of petroleum products in India, while the central excise duty on the manufacture of these substances in the country. 2,93,967.93 crore was deposited in the exchequer.
According to information received from the RTI Act, the collection of customs duty and central excise duty on petroleum products between April and December in the last financial year 2020-21 with severe outbreak of COVID-19 was Rs 25,025.33 crore and Rs 2,42,089.89 crore respectively. was on the level. That is, in the head of both taxes, the government earned a total revenue of Rs 2,67,115.22 crore on these products in the last financial year.