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The Taxpayers’ Association, Vijayawada, has urged the Andhra Pradesh authorities to region the further Value Added Tax (VAT) and the roadworthy improvement cess connected petrol and diesel, successful the involvement of citizens.
Addressing the media connected Thursday (May 28, 2026), members said the dense taxes were 1 of the reasons for the emergence successful substance prices, and that scrapping them would bring alleviation to people.
In the State, petrol attracts 31% VAT and diesel 22.5%. On apical of that, determination is simply a surcharge of ₹4 a litre connected petrol and ₹3.07 a litre connected diesel, and a roadworthy improvement cess of ₹1 a litre.
The members said ₹25,000 crore was reportedly flowing into the State government’s treasury done these taxes.
In memoranda sent to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav and Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad, the relation asked them to scrap the further taxes to marque substance cheaper.
Through these taxes, ₹7.57 lakh crore was going into the treasuries of the Central and State governments, relation president V. Sambireddy and caput M.V. Anjaneyulu said.
