Special additional excise duty increase on petrol and diesel imposes higher fuel taxes immediately under provisional collection.

Amendment raises the scheduled rates of Special Additional Excise Duty on petrol and diesel by modifying the Eighth Schedule to the Finance Act, 2002 via the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019; the change is to take effect immediately under a provisional collection declaration, with the operative rates to be prescribed by subsequent notification.

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