The NDA Government last week said that the price of Indian crude basket has
fallen to $29.24 per barrel or Rs 1,956.45 per barrel at Rs 66.91 per
dollar as on January 7, 2016.
An oil barrel is 159 litres, so the price of one litre of crude oil comes to Rs 12 per litre, which is 20 per cent lower than a litre of mineral water priced at Rs 15.
The current situation aptly sums up the spectacular drop in global crude oil prices. Oil prices have already fallen over 70 per cent since the downturn began in mid-2014. Goldman Sachs says oil could hit $20 a barrel.
The crash in global crude prices has however moderately benefitted Indian consumers as pump prices have fallen by just 20 per cent as compared to the 70 per cent drop in global prices.
Basic excise duty on petrol has gone up by Rs 7.73 per litre in fiscal year 2015-16 while on diesel it has risen to Rs 7.83 per litre. The government had in four instalments raised excise duty on petrol and diesel between November 2014 and January 2015 to lessen the reduction in retail rates, which followed falling international oil rates.
If the government would not have raised these duties, consumer price of petrol and diesel should have been lower by Rs 10.02 a litre and Rs 9.97 per litre, respectively
An oil barrel is 159 litres, so the price of one litre of crude oil comes to Rs 12 per litre, which is 20 per cent lower than a litre of mineral water priced at Rs 15.
The current situation aptly sums up the spectacular drop in global crude oil prices. Oil prices have already fallen over 70 per cent since the downturn began in mid-2014. Goldman Sachs says oil could hit $20 a barrel.
The crash in global crude prices has however moderately benefitted Indian consumers as pump prices have fallen by just 20 per cent as compared to the 70 per cent drop in global prices.
Basic excise duty on petrol has gone up by Rs 7.73 per litre in fiscal year 2015-16 while on diesel it has risen to Rs 7.83 per litre. The government had in four instalments raised excise duty on petrol and diesel between November 2014 and January 2015 to lessen the reduction in retail rates, which followed falling international oil rates.
If the government would not have raised these duties, consumer price of petrol and diesel should have been lower by Rs 10.02 a litre and Rs 9.97 per litre, respectively
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