What our bangalore government is doing a small state like kerala is doing such a great thing what happened to B J P ???? Two of the Left-ruled States, West Bengal and Kerala, have decided to reduce the sales tax on petrol and diesel, to marginally reduce the impact of the price hike. The West Bengal Government will reduce the sales tax on petrol from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and on diesel from 17 per cent to 12.5 per cent. The State has said it will lose Rs 500 crore annually because of this. It gets nearly Rs 2,000 crore as tax on petrol and diesel. The State’s annual revenues from sales tax are about Rs 9,000 crore. The Kerala Cabinet, which met last week decided to reduce the sales tax on petrol and diesel. The quantum of reduction would be decided later. The Centre has asked all States to consider reducing sales tax.