Centre hiked petrol costs 78 occasions in 2021-22: AAP MP Raghav Chadha | India Information – Occasions of India

CHANDIGARH: Accusing the BJP on the Centre of monetary mismanagement, Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) Rajya Sabha Member Raghav Chadha on Monday mentioned that costs of petrol have been hiked 78 occasions and that of diesel 76 occasions previously one 12 months at the same time as income from petroleum was Rs 4.92 lakh crore in 2021-22.
Citing these figures from a reply to his query tabled in Rajya Sabha, Chadha, mentioned that that is clear proof of the federal government’s monetary administration. “The federal government’s reply said that the costs of petrol have been hiked 78 occasions and that of diesel 76 occasions within the final one 12 months. Fairly surprisingly, as towards the regular improve in gasoline costs, the variety of occasions that costs have been lowered was solely seven and 10 occasions for petrol and diesel respectively in the identical interval (2021-2022),” he mentioned.
Chadha later mentioned in a tweet, “Within the Parliament, I had requested the central authorities what number of occasions the value of petrol has been elevated within the final one 12 months. You can be shocked to know that within the final one 12 months, the value of petrol has been elevated 78 occasions and the value of diesel has been elevated 76 occasions. It is a blow on the widespread man.”
Chadha mentioned that the BJP-led Union authorities had collected Rs 4,92,303 crore income in 2021-22. “The BJP authorities had witnessed Rs 1.5 lakh crore rise in income as in comparison with 2019-20. Regardless of these staggering collections, the federal government is relentlessly placing burden on the poor and customary folks by growing gasoline costs as a substitute of giving monetary reduction to folks reeling below inflation,” he mentioned.