India increases fuel taxes in a bid to shore up revenue By Reuters

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India on Saturday expanded charges on petroleum and diesel in a urgent endeavor to build government income when charge assortments have fallen in the midst of the most vulnerable monetary development in six years.  

The extract obligations on the fills, which have been climbed by 3 rupees for each liter, is required to result in up to 400 billion Indian rupees ($5.42 billion) increment in income, a senior government official told Reuters.  

Expenses on petroleum and diesel, which represent in excess of 33% of retail fuel costs, are probably the greatest wellspring of pay for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration, which has dramatically multiplied income from charges on fuel since first coming to control in 2014.  


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