By issuing a notification, the Congress government has made diesel costlier by Rs 3 per liter in the state from midnight on Saturday. The Tax and Excise Department has increased the Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel to Rs 7.40 per litre.
Hours before cabinet expansion in Himachal Pradesh, the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu government hiked diesel prices. (Diesel Price Hike) Tax has given a big blow to the people of the state. By issuing a notification, the Congress government has made diesel costlier by Rs 3 per liter in the state from midnight on Saturday. Tax and Excise Department value added tax on diesel (VAT) 7.40 per liter has been increased.
How much is the price of diesel in Shimla?
Diesel in Shimla has now increased from Rs 82.92 per liter to Rs 85.95 per litre. On the other hand, there has been no change in the prices of petrol and diesel at the national level. On the other hand, VAT on petrol has been reduced marginally by Rs 0.55 per litre. After which the price of petrol has gone up to Rs 96.96 per litre.
States levy VAT on their own.
In fact, the state governments impose VAT on the fuel prices on their own. For this reason, the prices of petrol and diesel differ in different states of the country. Let us tell you that keeping in mind the prices of the international market, national oil companies change the prices of petrol and diesel every morning at 6 am.
Prices did not change in major cities of the country
- Delhi: Petrol price: Rs 96.72 per litre, Diesel price: Rs 89.62 per liter
- Mumbai: Petrol price: Rs 106.31 per litre, Diesel price: 94.27 per liter
- Chennai: Petrol price: Rs 102.63 per litre, Diesel price: Rs 94.24 per liter
- Kolkata: Petrol price: Rs 106.03 per litre, Diesel price: Rs 92.76 per liter
- Bengaluru: Petrol: Rs 101.94 per litre, Diesel: Rs 87.89 per liter
- Lucknow: Petrol: Rs 96.57 per litre, Diesel: Rs 89.76 per liter
- Noida: Petrol: Rs 96.79 per litre, Diesel: Rs 89.96 per liter
- Gurugram: Petrol: Rs 97.18 per litre, Diesel: Rs 90.05 per liter
- Chandigarh: Petrol: Rs 96.20 per litre, Diesel: Rs 84.26 per liter
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