He ordered that the commercial taxes/sales tax should be reduced from 34 per cent to 33 per cent on petrol and from 23 per cent to 22.25 per cent on diesel; this means a reduction of 40 paise for petrol and 22 paise for diesel per litre.
Accordingly the price of petrol and diesel per litre in the State would be Rs 52.86 and Rs 35.76, respectively. This measure will provide a relief of Rs 135 crore per annum to the people.
