Global commodity prices are known to have increased this year as economies around the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the move is expected to increase fuel demand as well as countries seek to limit fossil fuel consumption.
The tax cuts should also help ease the pressure on producers and farmers who have driven prices up due to rising fuel costs.
Global oil prices have soared this year, which has had a major impact on India, which typically imports about 85 percent of its oil consumption. This has helped drive gasoline and diesel prices to record levels.
The drop in solar prices is one of the main demands of farmers in the country, who have been holding a series of major protests for more than a year.
A statement from the Indian government said the diesel tax cut “will be a boost for farmers during the coming rabbi season”.
Rabbinical crops – like wheat, barley, and mustard – are typically planted after the rainy season in mid-November 2021.
However, tax cuts are expected to boost gasoline and diesel consumption as well, even as global leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the COP26 climate change conference to tackle the global economy’s dependence on fossil fuels.
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