West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said the state government has decided to reduce tax in a bid to provide relief to citizens amid a sharp hike in fuel rates. 

The Bengal government's move comes a day after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Centre and state governments will have to together work out a mechanism to bring retail rates to reasonable levels.

Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said the state government has decided to reduce tax in a bid to provide relief to citizens amid a sharp hike in fuel rates. "To reduce the common man's burden, the State Government has decided to allow rebate of Re 1 per litre on sales tax payable on sales of petrol and diesel.

Thus, effective from 22 February, tax on petrol and diesel has been cut by one rupee per litre in West Bengal. The state government has decided to trim tax in a bid to provide relief to citizens amid a sharp hike in fuel rates. 

Petrol price in Kolkata stood at Rs 91.78 per litre on Monday and diesel was priced at Rs 84.56.

"To reduce the common man's burden, the State Government has decided to allow rebate of Re 1 per litre on sales tax payable on sales of petrol and diesel w.e.f. the end of midnight of 22nd February 2021 till 30th day of June, 2021," Mitra said in a tweet.

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