The reduction came as the inflation rate and prices of daily essential items soared. In 2020-21, the countrys wheat production stood at 109.59 million tonnes. 'The Government has made interventions by way of calibrating excise duty rates on these products as and when required,' he said, adding the tax on petrol and diesel was reduced by Rs 5 and Rs 10 per litre effective from November 4, 2021, and Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre, respectively effective, from May 22, 2022. Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution - the latest. The governments third wheat estimate is slightly lower than previous year, but the minister said it is above the average annual wheat production of 103.89 million tonnes achieved during the last five years since 2016-17. The prices of petroleum products in the country are linked to the price of respective products in the international market. Since then, the public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) take appropriate decisions on pricing of petrol and diesel,' Teli said in a separate reply. 'Prices of petrol and diesel have been market-determined with effect from June 26, 2020, and October 19, 2014, respectively. Ebola Epidemic Becomes Global Health Crisis The deadliest outbreak of Ebola, a deadly hemorrhagic fever, started in West Africa in the spring of 2014 and began to spread rapidly in late summer. The ignominious fall of Robert Bruce Ford It seems like centuries ago in a different city that a mayor named Rob Ford stumbled and swayed in a. Here is a look at some of this year's major news stories: 1. January brought the first death in anti-Russian protests in Ukraine.

Excise duty on petrol now stands at Rs 19.90 a litre and that on diesel at Rs 15.80, as per the reply. By NOW Staff David Hawe Justin Romanov 1. As we come to the end of 2014, Charles Osgood offers us some of the stories we'll remember. These increases were rolled back in November 2021 and May 2022. Check out the latest music videos, trailers, comedy clips, and everything else that people are watching right now.

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