The government scrapped 30-months antique windfall tax on domestically-produced crude oil and export of jet gasoline (ATF), diesel and petrol following a decline in worldwide oil prices.
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary tabled a notification in Rajya Sabha scrapping the levy on crude oil produced by way of corporations like State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and exports of fuels finished via companies like Reliance Industries.
The notification rescinded the June 30, 2022 order and withdrew levy of unique additional excise duty on crude oil (that is refined into fuels like petrol and diesel) and export of aviation turbine gas (ATF), diesel and petrol, he stated.
Alongside, the street and infrastructure cess on petrol and diesel exports has been withdrawn.
India first imposed windfall earnings taxes on July 1, 2022, becoming a member of nations that tax splendid everyday earnings of electricity organizations.
At that time, export obligations of ₹6 a litre every were levied on petrol and ATF and ₹13 a litre on diesel. A ₹23,250 in step with a tonne windfall tax on home crude output become additionally imposed.
The government had garnered approximately ₹25,000 crore through the levy in the first year of its implementation, ₹13,000 crore in 2023-24, and ₹6,000 crore to date this 12 months.