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Windfall tax on oil scrapped

Financial Express Mumbai

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December 03, 2024

The government on Monday scrapped the windfall tax on domestic production of crude oil and exports of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), effective immediately.

- Arunima Bharadwaj & Priyansh Verma

The move marks the end of a levy introduced in July 2022 and comes as a big relief to oil producers and refiners.

SHARES OF MAJOR oil producers Reliance Industries and state-owned ONGC recovered about 2% from their day's low.

Shares of RIL rose by 1.28% to ₹1,311.05 against the previous close of ₹1,292.45, while that of ONGC were up by 0.52% to ₹258.10 from the previous close of 256.75 on the BSE.

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