Punjab authorities will increase petrol and diesel charges, second hike in 4 months 

By Express News Service

CHANDIGARH: The AAP-led Punjab Government has elevated petrol worth by 92 paise per litre and diesel worth by 88 paise for retail shoppers, as a part of their further useful resource mobilization drive. 

With the second hike, in a single 12 months, the state hopes to generate a income of Rs 600 crore every year. 

Rampant smuggling of diesel and petrol from different states to Punjab, because of the worth distinction, is claimed to extend. 

There are 3,500 petrol pumps throughout the state of which 1,400 shall be affected as these are situated on the highways and border areas.

Sources level out that because the spending on the dedicated liabilities, subsidies and social safety pension will increase the federal government has had no different possibility however to extend the value of petrol and diesel.

Talking with TNIE, Executive Member of the Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab, Ashwinder Singh Mongia says, “ The state authorities has once more elevated the VAT on petrol and diesel yesterday by issuing a notification. This is the second hike within the final 4 months, and it places an enormous monetary burden on shoppers.

Petroleum sellers face a monetary burden, too. In the final 4 months, the federal government has hiked petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre. Now diesel is Rs 5 costlier in Punjab than in Chandigarh and Rs 4 in Himachal Pradesh. Petrol is Rs 2.75 costlier than Chandigarh. Due to diesel hike, the trade, transporters, farmers and merchants shall be affected.’’

“ Last 12 months in November a case was registered in Dera Bassi by which 12,000 KL of diesel was caught being smuggled from Himachal Pradesh to Punjab. During interrogation, the motive force of the tanker informed the police that he used to deliver 18 to twenty tankers per 30 days to the manufacturing facility,’’ he stated, speaking about petrol smuggling. 

CHANDIGARH: The AAP-led Punjab Government has elevated petrol worth by 92 paise per litre and diesel worth by 88 paise for retail shoppers, as a part of their further useful resource mobilization drive. 

With the second hike, in a single 12 months, the state hopes to generate a income of Rs 600 crore every year. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Rampant smuggling of diesel and petrol from different states to Punjab, because of the worth distinction, is claimed to extend. 

There are 3,500 petrol pumps throughout the state of which 1,400 shall be affected as these are situated on the highways and border areas.

Sources level out that because the spending on the dedicated liabilities, subsidies and social safety pension will increase the federal government has had no different possibility however to extend the value of petrol and diesel.

Talking with TNIE, Executive Member of the Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab, Ashwinder Singh Mongia says, “ The state authorities has once more elevated the VAT on petrol and diesel yesterday by issuing a notification. This is the second hike within the final 4 months, and it places an enormous monetary burden on shoppers.

Petroleum sellers face a monetary burden, too. In the final 4 months, the federal government has hiked petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre. Now diesel is Rs 5 costlier in Punjab than in Chandigarh and Rs 4 in Himachal Pradesh. Petrol is Rs 2.75 costlier than Chandigarh. Due to diesel hike, the trade, transporters, farmers and merchants shall be affected.’’

“ Last 12 months in November a case was registered in Dera Bassi by which 12,000 KL of diesel was caught being smuggled from Himachal Pradesh to Punjab. During interrogation, the motive force of the tanker informed the police that he used to deliver 18 to twenty tankers per 30 days to the manufacturing facility,’’ he stated, speaking about petrol smuggling.