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Central government's tax collection on petrol, diesel jumps 300% in 6 years

PTI | , New Delhi
Mar 22, 2021 05:07 PM IST

The collections on petrol and diesel rose to ₹2.94 lakh crore in the first 10 months of the current fiscal (2020-21), according to information furnished by Minister of State Anurag Singh Thakur in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

Central government's tax collections on petrol and diesel have jumped over 300 per cent in the last six years as excise duty on the two fuels was hiked, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.

Excise duty on petrol has been raised from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>9.48 per litre in 2014 to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>32.90 a litre now while the same on diesel has gone up from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3.56 a litre to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>31.80.(Reuters)
Excise duty on petrol has been raised from 9.48 per litre in 2014 to 32.90 a litre now while the same on diesel has gone up from 3.56 a litre to 31.80.(Reuters)

The central government collected 29,279 crore from excise duty on petrol and 42,881 crore on diesel in 2014-15 -- the first year of office of the Modi government.

The collections on petrol and diesel rose to 2.94 lakh crore in the first 10 months of the current fiscal (2020-21), according to information furnished by Minister of State Anurag Singh Thakur in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

Together with excise duty on natural gas, the central government in 2014-15 collected 74,158 crore which has gone up to 2.95 lakh crore in April 2020 to January 2021 period.

He said taxes collected on petrol, diesel and natural gas as a percentage of total revenue have gone up from 5.4 per cent in 2014-15 to 12.2 per cent this fiscal.

Excise duty on petrol has been raised from 9.48 per litre in 2014 to 32.90 a litre now while the same on diesel has gone up from 3.56 a litre to 31.80.

Taxes make up for 60 per cent of the present retail price of petrol of 91.17 a litre in Delhi. Excise duty makes up for 36 per cent of the retail price.

Over 53 per cent of the retail selling price of 81.47 a litre of diesel in Delhi is made up of taxes. As much as 39 per cent of the retail price comprises of central excise.

"The total central excise duty (including basic excise duty, cesses and surcharge) was increased by 3 per litre on petrol and diesel with effect from March 14, 2020. It was further revised upwards by 10 per litre on petrol and 13 per litre on diesel with effect from May 6, 2020," Thakur said.

These increases took away the gain that would have accrued to consumers from a sharp drop in international oil prices.

The hike in excise duty is similar to the increase in taxes the government did between November 2014 and January 2016.

Over nine instalments, duty on petrol rate was hiked by 11.77 per litre and that on diesel by 13.47 a litre in those 15 months.

The government had cut excise duty by 2 in October 2017, and by 1.50 a year later. But it raised excise duty by 2 per litre in July 2019.

"The excise duty rates have been calibrated to generate resources for infrastructure and other developmental items of expenditure keeping in view the present fiscal position," he added.

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