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Windfall tax on diesel and ATF up; levy on petrol exports cut
Government adjusts Special Additional Excise Duty on diesel, aviation turbine fuel, and petrol exports for the fortnight starting 16 July 2026.
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Samachar Pathshala Desk
Published 17 Jul 2026 · 1 min
Key takeaways
- The Government of India revised export levies on petroleum products for the fortnight starting 16 July 2026.
- The Special Additional Excise Duty on diesel exports increased from ₹8.5 per litre to ₹15.5 per litre.
- The Special Additional Excise Duty on aviation turbine fuel exports increased from ₹7.5 per litre to ₹14.5 per litre.
- The export duty on petrol decreased from ₹4 per litre to ₹2.5 per litre.
What happened
The Government of India revised export levies on petroleum products for the fortnight starting 16 July 2026. The revision raised the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on diesel exports to ₹15.5 per litre from ₹8.5 per litre, and increased the SAED on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) exports to ₹14.5 per litre from ₹7.5 per litre.
The UPSC angle
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Petroleum export levies and windfall taxation
UPSC can link the Special Additional Excise Duty changes to indirect taxation, energy economics, and the policy trade-off between revenue capture from windfall gains and export competitiveness of petroleum products.
