The Delhi government will charge 70% extra tax on liquor from Tuesday. In a late-night order on Monday, the Arvind Kejriwal government had imposed ‘Special Corona Fees’- 70% tax on Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of the liquor.
It also said the police should allow the shops to remain open from 9 am to 6.30 pm. On Monday, hours after the shops opened, thousands turned up to stand in queues outside the liquor shops and without following social distancing guidelines. This led the authorities to shut many of the shops.
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Apart from this, the Delhi government also hiked the value-added tax (VAT) on auto fuels – petrol and diesel. After that, the petrol prices rose by Rs. 1.67 a litre and diesel prices went up by Rs. 7.10.
The consumer now has to shell out Rs 71.26 and Rs 69.39 for every litre of petrol and diesel respectively in the national capital.
Delhi government increased VAT on petrol from 27% to 30%, and on diesel from 16.75 % to 30%.
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