Suresh Devineni 2060 days ago

Roughly only 10 % of the indian population is only contributing in the form of direct taxes. remaining 90% Petrol & liquor is the the only form of taxes collected. As rural infrastructure is getting upgraded so as their need to increase their contribution to the government revenues. Until the majority of the population can be brought into direct taxes the government will use Petrol & Liquor as the major source of revenues.



By the way none of the transportation companies, Goods, Buses or including railways are reducing their fares to pass on the decrease in the oil prices. These sectors might consume more than 60 - 70% of the countries fuel. So I think it makes sense for the government to increase the taxes and use it to upgrade the infrastructure.