Kerala’s finance minister Thomas Isaac also refused to reduce taxes on fuels saying that the state will reduce taxes only when Modi government reduces the taxes to what they were when Modi government assumed office.

“Ever since the Modi government assumed office, it has raised excise duty on diesel by Rs 14 and petrol by Rs 9 per litre. You should understand that the reduction effected on Thursday is on this amount. If the Centre is serious, it should reduce the tax to what it was when it assumed office. Then we will also step in,” he said.

Punjab which has one of the highest tax on fuel in North India has also refused to cut taxes.

West Bengal, while having cut the VAT by Re 1 earlier, has failed to match the cuts by other states. The state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee however, demanded that the Centre further slash its share of the taxes to bring down fuel prices by Rs 10.

Odisha till now has not cut fuel prices despite Petroleum Minister Dharmedra Pradhan demanding that CM Naveen Patnaik to do so. Other states which have not cut fuel prices till now are Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya. Tamil Nadu as per reports might consider reducing the tax it levies on fuel.

Telangana, currently under Acting CM K Chandrashekhar Rao, too suffers from the comparatively higher prices as the state government has shown no intention to cut its share of the taxes.

State VAT Cuts

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