Fuel price breakdown in India
Petrol and diesel are outside GST. The centre charges a fixed excise duty. Each state then adds its own VAT and cess. That is why Delhi and Hyderabad do not show the same pump price for the same fuel.
What is in one litre
- Base fuel price (crude, refining, import parity)
- Central excise duty (same in every state)
- Dealer commission
- State VAT, sales tax and local cess
- Freight and intra-state logistics
How this calculator handles tax
- We use the city pump price, which already includes that state’s VAT.
- We do not add VAT, GST or excise again on top of the API or snapshot rate.
- Pick the city where you will refill. A Delhi-to-Mumbai trip should use Mumbai prices only if you fuel there.
- Gaps between cities in the same state are usually freight, not a second tax rate.
VAT used on this site
These slabs are indicative (PPAC / public tax summaries). States revise them. The rupee split on city pages is an estimate, not an invoice.
- Andhra Pradesh: petrol 31% VAT + ₹5.00/L; diesel 22.25% VAT + ₹5.00/L.
- Bihar: petrol 23.58% VAT; diesel 16.37% VAT.
- Chandigarh: petrol 15.24% VAT + ₹0.01/L; diesel 6.66% VAT + ₹0.01/L.
- Delhi: petrol 19.40% VAT; diesel 16.75% VAT + ₹0.25/L.
- Gujarat: petrol 13.70% VAT; diesel 14.90% VAT.
- Haryana: petrol 18.20% VAT; diesel 16% VAT.
- Karnataka: petrol 29.84% VAT; diesel 21.17% VAT.
- Kerala: petrol 30.08% VAT + ₹3.00/L; diesel 22.76% VAT + ₹3.00/L.
- Madhya Pradesh: petrol 29% VAT + ₹2.50/L; diesel 19% VAT + ₹1.50/L.
- Maharashtra: petrol 25% VAT + ₹5.12/L; diesel 21% VAT.
- Odisha: petrol 28% VAT; diesel 24% VAT.
- Rajasthan: petrol 29.04% VAT + ₹1.50/L; diesel 17.30% VAT + ₹1.75/L.
- Tamil Nadu: petrol 13% VAT + ₹11.52/L; diesel 11% VAT + ₹9.62/L.
- Telangana: petrol 35.20% VAT; diesel 27% VAT.
- Uttar Pradesh: petrol 19.36% VAT; diesel 17.08% VAT.
- West Bengal: petrol 25% VAT + ₹1.00/L; diesel 17% VAT + ₹1.00/L.
- Unmapped: petrol 25% VAT; diesel 18% VAT.