Lok Sabha Question No. 101 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Prices of Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

## *101.  SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

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

- (a)  whether  the  prices  of  petroleum  products  such  as  petrol  and  diesel  have  been deregulated and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  State  Authorities  are  charging  a  major  portion  as  taxes  on  retail  sale prices of petrol and diesel across the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the corrective action being taken/proposed to be taken by Union/State Governments in this regard?

## ANSWER

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MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d):

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.101 asked by Shri Godse Hemant Tukaram to be answered on 7 th December, 2015 regarding 'Prices of Petroleum Products'.

- (a): The prices of Petrol and Diesel have been made market determined with effect from 26 th June, 2010 and 19 th October, 2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on price of these products in line with changes in the prices in international market and other market conditions.
- (b) & (c):  Sales Tax/VAT on Petrol and Diesel are being levied by the State Governments on Petrol  and  Diesel  and  vary  from  State  to  State.  The  details  of  effective  rate  of  sales  tax/VAT levied by States/UTs as on 01.12 2015 is at Annexure.

The details of Central and State taxes included in the Retail Selling Price (RSP) of Petrol and Diesel effective 1.12.2015, at Delhi, as per IOCL is given below:

| S. No.   | Particular                      |   Petrol Rs./Ltr. |   Diesel Rs./Ltr. |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Price excluding taxes           |             28.84 |             28.51 |
| 2        | Central Government tax          |             19.54 |             11.16 |
| 3        | State Government tax            |             12.1  |              6.88 |
| 4 (2+3)  | Total Taxes                     |             31.64 |             18.04 |
| 5 (1+4)  | Retail Selling Price (at Delhi) |             60.48 |             46.55 |

- (d): As per the information furnished by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, no such proposal for reducing taxes on Petrol and Diesel is under consideration, at present.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 101 asked by  Shri  Godse  Hemant  Tukaram  to  be  answered  on  7 th December,  2015  regarding  'Prices  of Petroleum Products'.

The details of effective rate of sales tax/VAT levied by States/UTs

| State                                    | Dec'15 Tax (Rs/litre)   | Dec'15 Tax (Rs/litre)   |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|                                          | Petrol                  | Diesel                  |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 18.31                   | 12.50                   |
| Assam                                    | 12.58                   | 6.49                    |
| Bihar                                    | 12.37                   | 7.44                    |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 11.55                   | 9.67                    |
| Delhi                                    | 12.10                   | 6.88                    |
| Goa                                      | 6.94                    | 8.51                    |
| Gujarat                                  | 12.57                   | 10.07                   |
| Haryana                                  | 12.81                   | 6.90                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 12.71                   | 6.26                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                          | 14.81                   | 7.56                    |
| Jharkhand                                | 16.00                   | 9.69                    |
| Karnataka                                | 15.02                   | 8.77                    |
| Kerala                                   | 16.10                   | 10.68                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 16.19                   | 10.94                   |
| Maharashtra - Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai | 15.84                   | 11.74                   |
| Maharashtra - Others                     | 15.17                   | 10.51                   |
| Meghalaya                                | 10.41                   | 6.36                    |
| Mizoram                                  | 9.17                    | 4.59                    |
| Nagaland                                 | 11.31                   | 5.42                    |
| Odisha                                   | 11.20                   | 9.38                    |
| Punjab                                   | 17.62                   | 7.03                    |
| Rajasthan                                | 15.08                   | 9.74                    |
| Sikkim                                   | 14.46                   | 8.23                    |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 12.45                   | 8.19                    |
| Telangana                                | 16.46                   | 10.50                   |
| Uttarakhand                              | 17.00                   | 8.34                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 16.74                   | 9.41                    |
| West Bengal                              | 14.12                   | 8.41                    |
| Chandigarh                               | 10.85                   | 7.45                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                     | 10.93                   | 6.95                    |
| Daman & Diu                              | 10.92                   | 6.94                    |
| Puducherry                               | 8.47                    | 6.57                    |

Source - PPAC

Note - Effective rate Includes VAT, Cess, entry tax, Additional tax & Surcharge recoverable in price.