Break down of Diesel cost in India

Stats provided by Groww:

1. Base Price - 57.95 Rs/Ltr

2. Freight - 0.22 Rs/Ltr

3. Excise Duty - 15.80 Rs/Ltr

4. Dealer Commission - 2.54 Rs/Ltr

5. VAT - 13.11 Rs/Ltr

Total cost of diesel = 89.62 Rs/Ltr

a Significant source of revenue for the government. Based on this simple calculation approximately 32.3% of the cost is going to the government. This does not even include the various taxes which the government would be collecting from suppliers, commission, SGST and CGST. Simply put fuel to the country is a big fuel for growth to the governments tax revenue.