2 Tax component of petrol-diesel prices has been increasing in the post-covid-19 period

The petroleum ministry provides disaggregated data on the various components of the price of petrol and diesel in the country. This shows that the tax component of both petrol and diesel prices increased significantly in the post-covid-19 period. Government taxes accounted for ₹37.8 and ₹28 per litre in petrol and diesel prices on April 1, 2020 (a few days after India declared a lockdown to slow the pandemic). This has increased to ₹52.9 and ₹43.1 by February 1, 2021.

The 2021-22 Budget has not reduced duties on petrol and diesel. What it has done instead is shift the special excise duty to the newly created head of agriculture, infrastructure and development cess; ₹2.5 per litre on petrol and ₹4 per litre on diesel will now go to this. There is no change in retail prices.

NEW DELHI: The online registration process for admissions to entry-level classes — nursery, KG, and 1 — for the academic session 2021-22 in around 1,700 private schools across the national capital will begin from February 18, the Delhi government announced on Wednesday.

Admission forms will be available on the school websites from February 18 and the last date for submission of forms is March 4. The first list of selected candidates will be uploaded by the school on their websites on March 20. The second list will be released five days after the first one, and the subsequent list, if required, will be released on March 27.

CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: “Congratulations to all parents and children...our schools are waiting for their students.”