Rajasthan is perhaps the only state in the country which earns more tax revenue frompetrolper litre than the Centre. As per calculations, the state gets Rs 30.69 as taxes on petrol compared to Centres Rs 27.98. While the state gets Rs 2.71 more on petrol, it is almost the same for diesel.<\/p>\n
High taxes in the state have shifted demand to neighbouring states with small states like Punjab and Haryana selling more fuel than Rajasthan.<\/p>\n
Punjab has over 3,300 fuel stations and Haryana a similar number compared to Rajasthans 5,667. But Punjab sold 55 lakh kilo litres of fuels last year compared to Rajasthans 39 lakh kilo litres. Rajasthans sales volume was even lower than Haryanas 45 lakh kilo litre during the last financial year.<\/p>\n
In fact, Rajasthan sold nine lakh kilo litres less in the last financial year compared to 2019-20.
The worst hit in the state have been the border districts in divisions like Jodhpur, Bikaner, Alwar and Bharatpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"