India cuts windfall tax to zero

India cut windfall tax on petroleum crude to zero from Rs 4,100 per tonne with effect from May 16. The windfall tax on petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was left unchanged at zero. In early May, the govt had slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to ₹4,100 per tonne from ₹6,400

India’s fuel appetite seen at a record even as oil nears $100

India, the world’s third-biggest oil user, expects consumption of petroleum fuels to touch a record next year even as crude prices move toward the $100-a-barrel mark. Demand has been pegged at 214.5 million tons in the year starting on April 1, according to predictions by the Indian oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell. If