中国石化新闻网讯 据阿联酋《Khaleej时报》4月22日消息，印度是南亚国家中汽油和柴油零售价格最高的国家。
印度的汽油价格周日触及每升74.40卢比，这是bjp领导下的政府的最高水平，而柴油价格触及65.65卢比的历史新高，再次呼吁削减消费税，以减轻消费者的负担。
目前，国家首都的汽油价格为每升74.40卢比，为2013年9月14日以来的最高水平，当时的油价为76.06卢比。柴油价格在65.65卢比是有史以来最高的。
在2014年11月至2016年1月期间，杰特利曾九次提高消费税，以支撑全球油价下跌的财政状况，但在去年10月，该税仅在去年10月就下调了一升。
在消费税削减之后，联邦政府曾要求各州也降低增值税，但只有四家——马哈拉施特拉邦、古吉拉特邦、中央邦和喜马恰尔邦(Himachal Pradesh)降低了税率，而包括bjp 在内的其他邦则不理会这一要求。
中央政府于2017年10月削减了每公升2卢比的消费税，德里和柴油价格分别为每升70.88卢比和59.14卢比。
由于消费税的降低，柴油价格在2017年10月4日下降至每升56.89卢比，汽油价格降至每升68.38卢比。然而，全球原油价格上涨推高了国内燃料价格，远高于上述水平。
2017年10月消费税的削减使政府在本财政年度剩余部分的年度收入和大约13000卢比的年度收入减少了2.6万卢比。
国有石油公司——印度石油公司、巴拉特石油公司和印度斯坦石油公司——于去年6月放弃了在每月1日和16日修改利率的15年惯例。相反，他们采用了每日价格修正系统来立即反映成本的变化。从那以后，价格每天都在修改。
胡晶晶摘译自阿联酋《Khaleej时报》
原文如下
India has the highest retail prices of petrol and diesel among South Asian nations.
Petrol price in India on Sunday hit Rs 74.40 a litre - the highest level under the BJP-led government, while diesel rates touched a record high of Rs 65.65, renewing calls for cut in excise duty to ease burden on consumers.
Petrol in the national capital now costs Rs 74.40 a litre, the highest since September 14, 2013 when rates had hit Rs 76.06. Diesel price at Rs 65.65 are the highest ever.
Jaitley had raised excise duty nine times between November 2014 and January 2016 to shore up finances as global oil prices fell, but then cut the tax just once in October last year by Rs 2 a litre.
Subsequent to that excise duty reduction, the Union government had asked states to also lower VAT but just four of them - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh reduced rates while others including BJP-ruled ones ignored the call.
The Central government had cut excise duty by Rs 2 per litre in October 2017, when petrol price reached Rs 70.88 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 59.14.
Because of the reduction in excise duty, diesel prices had on October 4, 2017 came down to Rs 56.89 per litre and petrol to Rs 68.38 per litre. However, a global rally in crude prices pushed domestic fuel prices far higher than those levels.
The October 2017 excise duty cut cost the government Rs 26,000 crore in annual revenue and about Rs 13,000 crore during the remaining part of the current fiscal year.
State-owned oil companies - Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation - in June last year dumped the 15-year old practice of revising rates on the 1st and 16th of every month . Instead, they adopted a daily price revision system to instantly reflect changes in cost. Since then prices are revised on a daily basis.
