Govt’s excise mop-up from petrol, diesel doubles to Rs 3.7 lakh crore in FY21; states get Rs 20,000 crore
The duty was moderated to Rs 32.90 a litre on petrol and Rs 31.80 on diesel in the budget this year. (File) The central government’s mop-up from excise duty levied on petrol and diesel more than doubled to Rs 3.72 lakh crore in the pandemic year 2020-21, out of which states were given less than …