Are we being exploited by Government
🇧🇹 Bhutan | Petrol: ₹66 | Diesel: ₹70
🇮🇳 India | Petrol: ₹105 | Diesel: ₹91
Where does Bhutan get its fuel from? : From India.
Yet, fuel is cheaper in Bhutan — why? Because their government keeps taxes low. Meanwhile in India, the public is being looted through exorbitant taxes.
Global crude prices dropped. But instead of passing on the benefit, the Indian government hiked excise duty, and kept retail prices same. All done silently, so people wouldn’t question the daylight robbery.
This is not governance, This is exploitation.
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