<h1>Excise duty reduction on petrol and diesel eases fuel price pressure while export duties curb domestic supply diversion.</h1> Excise duty on petrol and diesel was reduced to offset the impact of sharply rising global crude prices and to prevent an immediate increase in retail fuel prices. The reduction lowered the special additional excise duty on petrol and removed the corresponding levy on diesel, while the overall incidence of excise on both fuels was recalibrated through the existing duty structure. The measure was presented as a fiscal intervention to ease under-recoveries of oil marketing companies and to protect consumers from supply-driven price pressure.