Petrol crosses ₹90-mark...

For diesel, the VAT is 21% in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai, and 22% in rest of the state, with a surcharge of ₹1 for a litre across the state. According to petrol pump owners, fuel prices vary depending on the transportation cost from the petroleum refinery to the city. “In Parbhani, the prices are high as the city gets its fuel supply from Solapur depot, which is about 275km away,” said a petrol pump owner from Parbhani.

Increased fuel prices have triggered the demand for reduction in taxes levied on fuel prices, besides bringing it under the ambit of goods and services tax (GST). The Opposition parties had recently called for a nationwide bandh to protest the hike in fuel prices. State-owned oil firms have been revising fuel prices every day since October 2017. The oil ministry had sought a reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact of rising international oil rates. Sachin Sawant, spokesperson, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, said, “Despite higher taxes on fuel in Maharashtra, the state is levying drought cess, although it got over long ago.”

Increased fuel prices have triggered the demand for reduction in taxes levied on fuel prices, besides bringing it under the ambit of goods and services tax (GST). Stateowned oil firms have been revising fuel prices every day since October 2017. In Parbhani, the prices are high as the city gets its fuel supply from Solapur depot, about 275km away. PETROL PUMP OWNER,