Rising petrol prices have been a topic of discussion for a long time. Along with the central government, many states did the work of providing relief to the general public by cutting the prices of petrol on the occasion of Deepawali, but after increasing the price of petrol and diesel arbitrarily, the Gehlot government of Rajasthan has announced to reduce its price. is of. Ashok Gehlot has been forced to take this decision.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached Jodhpur on Tuesday and while making an announcement from a public forum here, he said, “Relief will be given to the people of the state by reducing VAT on petrol and diesel when all the states have reduced the prices of petrol and diesel. have to reduce it.” Now it is expected that soon the people of Rajasthan will be able to get diesel-petrol cheaper. With this decision, the politics on petrol and diesel in the state has also come to a halt.
After this came the Corona period and during this time the Gehlot government of Rajasthan continued to increase VAT on petrol and diesel.
In 2020, the Gehlot government reduced VAT on petrol from 30 to 34% and on diesel from 22 to 26%. In 2020 itself, VAT on petrol was again increased to 36% in the month of April and VAT on diesel was increased to 27%. Ashok Gehlot’s heart was not filled with this and again in the month of May, VAT on petrol was increased to 38% and on diesel to 28%.
Increase in VAT increases the price of petrol and diesel
Let us tell you that as the VAT increases, so does the price of petrol and diesel available at the pump. The situation happened that in Sriganganagar of Rajasthan, the prices of petrol and diesel became the most expensive as compared to other states. The people of Sri Ganganagar were facing financial burden due to VAT being higher by about 10% than neighboring states. After this, when the Rajasthan government was criticized from all sides for increasing VAT, the government reduced VAT from 2% in January, 2021. Till March 1, the price of normal petrol in Jaipur was Rs 97.72 per liter and diesel at Rs 89.98 per liter, while in Sri Ganganagar their prices were Rs 102.04 and Rs 93.95 respectively.
Rajasthan is the most expensive petrol-diesel selling state
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) AccordingIn Delhi, the price of petrol is Rs 103.97 and the price of diesel is Rs 86.67 per liter. At the same time, in the country’s financial capital Mumbai, the price of petrol is Rs 109.98 and diesel is Rs 94.14 per liter, while in Kolkata the price of petrol is Rs 104.67 and diesel is Rs 89.79 per liter. Talking about Chennai, there also petrol is Rs 101.40 per liter and diesel is Rs 91.43 per liter. Talking about Rajasthan, a liter of petrol in Sriganganagar of the state is Rs 116.00 and diesel is Rs 100.21 per liter, while in Hanumangarh the price of petrol is Rs 115.21 per liter and diesel is Rs 99.49 per liter.
If we look at the figures, at present Rajasthan is the most expensive petrol-diesel selling state in the whole of India as compared to other states. Despite this, Ashok Gehlot feels that there is a deliberate ruckus about petrol and diesel. The reality is that due to the arbitrary increase in the prices of petrol and diesel in Rajasthan, the financial burden on the people of the state has increased. Corona has already affected the economic activities of everyone, from above the arbitrariness of the state government is breaking the back of the people. In such a situation, the present decision of Ashok Gehlot is going to give relief to the people of the state.
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