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Petrol To Get Cheaper By ₹9.5, Diesel By ₹7 As Govt Cuts Excise Duty 

LiveMint | 21/05/2022 07:56 PM | Click to read full article

The central government has decided to cut the excise duty on petrol by ₹ 8 per litre and on diesel by ₹ 6 per litre, announced Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.

Also, the government will give ₹ 200 per cylinder subsidy to Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries for 12 cylinders in a year.

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