The government has hiked the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country and on export of diesel.
Special additional excise duty on domestically produced crude oil has been raised to ₹7,100 per tonne from ₹4,250 per tonne.
India first imposed windfall profit taxes on July 1st last year.
A windfall tax is a special tax imposed by governments on companies that generate unusually high profits due to favourable market conditions or exceptional circumstances.