India raises special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel, says government notice

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Monday increased the special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel by 2 rupees per litre, according to a government notice, following a sharp fall in global oil prices.

(This story has been corrected to change ‘export tax’ to ‘special additional excise duty’ in the headline and the story)

(Reporting by Aftab Ahmed and Shubham Batra; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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