Mumbai has to pay additional charge for petrol from now onward

Petrol buyers in Mumbai to pay additional Rs 2 surcharge for 1 litre of fuel as Maharashtra government has ordered on the essential commodity.

The cashless state government has taken the decision merely four weeks after it introduced a price hike in petrol last month. The central government on Tuesday announced a cut in petrol price by Rs 2.16 per litre.

The notification issued by the state government has taken the surcharge to Rs 11 a litre, besidesVAT of 26 per cent in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai and 25 percent in rest of the state.

Maharashtra government headed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP wants to earn an extra revenue of Rs 700 crore a year from the additional levy on petrol.

The state government had no other option but to bring in a hike in prices as have recorded lesser revenues from big revenue generating sources like liquor and stamp duty on housing transactions.