The Finance Ministry has decided to reduce the infrastructure tax levied on petrol and diesel.
The Ministry has decided to slash the infrastructure tax collected for the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project after the people from various walks of life critized the fuel price hike.
The government had been levying the infrastructure tax on diesel and petrol at the rape of Rs 10.
The price of petrol is Rs 180 and the diesel and kerosene is 163.
The Finance Minister on Tuesday had sent a letter to the Industry Ministry to reduce the tax.
