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India was able to resolve the crisis through policies that liberalised the economy. However, India continued to be impacted by the volatility of oil prices. In 1998, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee administration proposed building petroleum reserves as a long-term solution to managing the oil market. [9]
For Delhi petrol per liter price on April 2, 2018, the price charged to dealers was ₹ 31.08 (36¢ US), while central government excise tax and local tax was ₹ 19.48 (23¢ US), state government VAT was ₹ 15.70 (18¢ US) and dealer commission was ₹ 3.60 (4.2¢ US). So the price of petrol for the end user was ₹ 73.83 (85¢ US). [62]
On 1 January 2012, the Nigerian government headed by president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, tried to cease the subsidy on petrol and deregulate the oil prices by announcing the new price for petrol as US$0.88/litre from the old subsidised price of US$0.406/litre (LAGOS), which in areas distant from Lagos petrol was priced at US$1.25/litre.
India slashed custom duties on motorcycles, such as those from Harley-Davidson, with engine capacity of 1,600 cc or more, to 30% from 50% on fully-built imports in the budget, which Pandey said ...
The 2007 fuel tax was €0.684 per litre (€2.59/US gal; €3.11/imp gal). On top of that is 21% VAT over the entire fuel price, making the Dutch taxes one of the highest in the world. In total, taxes account for 68.84% of the total price of petrol and 56.55% of the total price of diesel. [20]
The oil prices were seen rising to hit $71.38 per barrel in March 2021, marking the highest since the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020. [116] The oil price rise followed a missile drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facility by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. [117] The United States said it was committed to defending Saudi Arabia. [118]
India uses changes in the CPI to measure its rate of inflation. The WPI measures the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods. In India, this basket is composed of three groups: Primary Articles (22.62% of total weight), Fuel and Power (13.15%) and Manufactured Products (64.23%).
On 19 November 2017, IOCL, in collaboration with Ola, launched India's first electric charging station at one of its petrol-diesel stations in Nagpur. [31] Indian governments' National Electric Mobility Mission Plan launched in 2013 aims at gradually ensuring a vehicle population of 6 to 8 million electric and hybrid vehicles in India by 2020. [32]