Lok Sabha Question No. 2100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Prices of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, MAHEISH GIRRI, RAHUL KASWAN, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JANUARY, 2018

## PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

2100.  SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI: SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided subsidies on petroleum products to Armed Forces especially for the physically disabled/families who have lost their members in casualties and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of increase/decrease in the price of kerosene and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the ATF cost in the country is among the highest globally and if so, the details thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  bring  down  the  cost  of  ATF  and include it under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax to reduce its cost;
- (d) whether the fuel/petroleum products in the country are being supplied on higher rate as compared to other countries and if so, the details thereof along with any study undertaken to assess the system being followed by other countries and implement the same methods in the country to provide fuel/petroleum products to the consumers at cheaper rates; and
- (e) the details of tax and cess levied on per litre of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG by the Union and State Governments, product-wise?

## ANSWER पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

## (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a): Prices of Petrol and Diesel have been made market-determined effective 26.06.2010 and 19.10.2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on pricing of Petrol and Diesel in line with international product prices  and  other  market  conditions.  The  Government  continues  to  modulate  the  effective price  to  consumer  for  Subsidized  Domestic  LPG  and  Retail  Selling  Price  (RSP)  of  PDS Kerosene.   This is for all consumers including those belonging to armed forces.
- (b): The details of increase/decrease in prices of PDS Kerosene and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) during the last three years and current year is given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively .
- (c): Clause 12 A of Article 366 of the Constitution defines 'goods and services tax' (GST) as 'any tax on supply of goods or services or both except taxes on the supply of alcoholic liquor for human consumption'. Further Article 279 A (5) provides that Goods and Services Tax Council shall recommend the date on which goods and services tax shall be levied on petroleum crude, high speed diesel, motor spirit, natural gas and aviation turbine fuel. Thus while petroleum products are included under goods and services tax, the date on which GST shall  be  levied  on  such  products  shall  be  as  per  decision  of  the  Goods  and  Services  Tax Council.
- (d): The  prices  of  petroleum  products  in  the  country  are  benchmarked  to  international product  prices.  Generally,  the  prices  of  sensitive  petroleum  products  in  the  country  are higher/lower  than  other  countries  mainly  on  account  of  prevailing  tax  regime  and  subsidy compensations by the respective Governments.
- (e):    The  current  Excise  Duty  on  Petrol  and  Diesel  is  Rs.19.48/litre  and  Rs.15.33/litre respectively. At present, applicable GST on Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene is 5%. Statewise effective rate of taxes on Petrol and Diesel are given at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2100 asked by Shri R. Dhruva Narayana, Shri Maheish Girri, Shri Rahul Kaswan and Shri Prabhakar  Reddy  Kotha  to  be  answered  on  1 st January,  2018  regarding  'Prices  of Petroleum Products'.

| Date of revisions   | PDS SKO (Rs./ltr)   |
|---------------------|---------------------|
| As on 01.04.2014    | 14.96               |
| 01.11.2014          | 15.14*              |
| 16.02.2015          | 15.24               |
| 01.05.2015          | 15.24               |
| 04.03.2016          | 15.42               |
| 25.04.2016          | 15.36               |
| 03.06.2016          | 15.02               |
| 07.07.2016          | 15.27               |
| 01.08.2016          | 15.53               |
| 16.08.2016          | 15.68               |
| 01.09.2016          | 15.94               |
| 16.09.2016          | 16.19               |
| 21.09.2016          | 16.40               |
| 01.10.2016          | 16.66               |
| 16.10.2016          | 16.92               |
| 01.11.2016          | 17.17               |
| 16.11.2016          | 17.51               |
| 01.12.2016          | 17.76               |
| 16.12.2016          | 18.02               |
| 01.01.2017          | 18.28               |
| 16.01.2017          | 18.54               |
| 01.02.2017          | 18.77               |
| 07.04.2017          | 19.03               |
| 16.04.2017          | 19.29               |
| 01.05.2017          | 19.65               |
| 16.05.2017          | 19.91               |
| 01.06.2017          | 20.17               |
| 16.06.2017          | 20.43               |
| 01.07.2017          | 21.09               |
| 11.07.2017          | 21.22               |
| 16.07.2017          | 21.48               |
| 01.08.2017          | 21.74               |
| 16.08.2017          | 22.00               |
| 01.09.2017          | 22.27               |
| 16.09.2017          | 22.53               |
| 15.11.2017          | 22.12               |

*Consequent  to  Delhi  becoming  Kerosene  free,  the  prices  effective  01.11.2014  are  at Mumbai.

Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2100 asked by  Shri  R.  Dhruva  Narayana,  Shri  Maheish  Girri,  Shri  Rahul  Kaswan  and  Shri  Prabhakar Reddy Kotha to be answered on 1 st January, 2018 regarding 'Prices of Petroleum Products'.

## Price of ATF

| Date               | Price (Rs./KL) At Delhi   |
|--------------------|---------------------------|
| November 01,2017   | 54,143.00                 |
| October 01,2017    | 53,045.00                 |
| September 01,2017  | 50,020.00                 |
| August 01, 2017    | 48,110 .00                |
| July 01, 2017      | 47,013.00                 |
| June 01, 2017      | 49,730.00                 |
| May 01, 2017       | 51,696.00                 |
| April 01, 2017     | 51,482.00                 |
| March 01,2017      | 54,293.38                 |
| February 01,2017   | 54,079.63                 |
| January 01, 2017   | 52,540.63                 |
| December 01,2016   | 48,379.63                 |
| November 01,2016   | 50,260.63                 |
| October 01,2016    | 46,826.38                 |
| September 01,2016  | 45,411.18                 |
| August 01,2016     | 47,206.68                 |
| July 01,2016       | 49,287.18                 |
| June 01,2016       | 46,729.48                 |
| May 01,2016        | 42,784.01                 |
| April 01,2016      | 42,157.01                 |
| March 10,2016      | 38,785.46                 |
| March 01,2016      | 39,301.31                 |
| February 01,2016   | 35,126.82                 |
| January 01, 2016   | 39,892.32                 |
| December 01, 2015  | 44,320.32                 |
| November 16, 2015  | 44,846.82                 |
| November 01, 2015  | 43,041.61                 |
| October 01, 2015   | 43,184.17                 |
| September 01, 2015 | 40938.24                  |
| August 01, 2015    | 46407.36                  |
| July 01, 2015      | 51267.36                  |
| June 01, 2015      | 53353.92                  |
| May 01, 2015       | 49609.84                  |
| April 01, 2015     | 49338                     |
| March 01, 2015     | 50363                     |
| February 01, 2015  | 46513.03                  |
| January 01, 2015   | 52423                     |
| December 01, 2014  | 59943                     |
| November 01, 2014  | 62537.93                  |
| October 01, 2014   | 67525.63                  |
| September 01, 2014 | 69603.25                  |
| August 01, 2014    | 70044.87                  |
| July 01, 2014      | 70161.76                  |
| June 25, 2014      | 69779.91                  |
| June 01, 2014      | 69747.98                  |
| May 01, 2014       | 71033.87                  |
| April 01, 2014     | 71800.21                  |

Source:  IOCL

Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2100 asked by  Shri  R.  Dhruva  Narayana,  Shri  Maheish  Girri,  Shri  Rahul  Kaswan  and  Shri  Prabhakar Reddy Kotha to be answered on 1 st January, 2018 regarding 'Prices of Petroleum Products'.

## State-wise Taxes/VAT (in Rs./Ltr.)

|                   |                                          | Petrol(Rs./ltr)   | Diesel(Rs./ltr)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| SR. No.           | State                                    | As on 1st Dec'17  | As on 1st Dec'17  |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 19.87             | 14.64             |
| 2                 | Assam                                    | 16.73             | 11.24             |
| 3                 | Bihar                                    | 14.52             | 9.57              |
| 4                 | Chattisgarh                              | 14.92             | 13.00             |
| 5                 | Delhi                                    | 13.86             | 8.64              |
| 6                 | Goa                                      | 8.81              | 9.14              |
| 7                 | Gujarat                                  | 12.66             | 12.64             |
| 8                 | Haryana                                  | 13.47             | 8.57              |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 14.09             | 7.75              |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir                           | 16.05             | 9.07              |
| 11                | Jharkhand                                | 16.00             | 11.76             |
| 12                | Karnataka                                | 15.49             | 9.12              |
| 13                | Kerala                                   | 17.73             | 12.99             |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh                           | 18.39             | 10.95             |
| 15                | Maharashtra - Mumbai, Thane &Navi Mumbai | 22.27             | 12.22             |
| 16                | Maharashtra (Rest of State)              | 21.83             | 10.88             |
| 17                | Meghalaya                                | 13.64             | 8.02              |
| 18                | Mizoram                                  | 10.34             | 5.76              |
| 19                | Nagaland                                 | 12.71             | 6.77              |
| 20                | Odisha                                   | 13.40             | 12.48             |
| 21                | Punjab                                   | 18.54             | 8.58              |
| 22                | Rajasthan                                | 16.99             | 12.28             |
| 23                | Sikkim                                   | 15.95             | 8.51              |
| 24                | Telengana                                | 18.25             | 13.04             |
| 25                | Uttarakhand                              | 17.00             | 9.41              |
| 26                | Tamil Nadu                               | 17.39             | 11.88             |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh                            | 16.74             | 9.41              |
| 28                | West Bengal                              | 14.56             | 9.17              |
| Union Territories | Union Territories                        |                   |                   |
| 1                 | Chandigarh                               | 11.41             | 6.77              |
| 2                 | Dadra Nagar Haveli                       | 12.28             | 8.69              |
| 3                 | Daman &Diu                               | 12.26             | 8.67              |
| 4                 | Puducherry                               | 12.96             | 9.82              |