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  Govt scraps windfall tax on petrol, diesel, jet fuel exports

  Business | December 02, 2024 14:43 IST

  The decision to scrap windfall tax comes after nearly two months of deliberations. It will benefit the domestic producers that export the oil to other nations.

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  Windfall tax on crude petroleum slashed to zero by govt, effective from September 18

  Business | September 17, 2024 23:45 IST

  The Indian government has reduced the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to zero, effective September 18. Previously set at Rs 1,850 per metric ton, the cut comes amid a drop in global oil prices and could lead to lower petrol and diesel costs.

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  Government hikes windfall tax on domestic crude, cuts levy on export of diesel, ATF

  Business | September 30, 2023 7:54 IST

  The duty on jet fuel or Aviation Turbine Fuel will be reduced to Rs 2.5 per litre effective Saturday, from Rs 3.5 per litre currently. The SAED on petrol will continue at nil.

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  Central Government slaps tax on petrol, diesel exports; imposes windfall tax on crude oil

  Business | July 01, 2022 14:54 IST

  The levy on crude, which follows record earnings by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) and private sector Cairn Oil & Gas of Vedanta Ltd, alone will fetch the government Rs 67,425 crore annually on 29 million tonnes of crude oil produced domestically.

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  NASA scientists map wind flow pattern on Mars, first for any planet: Study

  Science | December 13, 2019 12:03 IST

  The researchers, including those from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US, reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet.

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  Windfall: Servant in Rajkot gets Rs 600 crore worth property from his employer

  India | January 14, 2014 14:09 IST

  Rajkot: In a generous gift for his 40 years of service, Gajraj Singh Jadeja, in Rajkot gave away property worth Rs 600 crore to his domestic help.  Congress leader from Rajkot, Jadeja, passed away on

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  India's first female KBC winner Fatima says, she never dreamt about this windfall

  India | November 29, 2013 10:07 IST

  Saharanpur: In a non-descript village called Sansarpur of Saharanpur district in UP, lives Firoz Fatima, who has suddenly became a star among her people. In the seventh season of Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh