Why shouldn t we tax CNG?
What message are you sending by slapping an eight per cent duty on a clean fuel like the compressed natural gas (CNG)? Will it not jolt to the nascent CNG market, when the tax generated will amount to a mere Rs 6 crore? Won't it also jeopardise the Supreme Court's initiative to clean up Delhi's air?
I don't think this is a correct perception. Even motor spirit (petrol) and diesel, which are low in sulphur and benzene and Euro III standards (sic), are attracting excise duty.
In case you did not know Euro III standards do not exist in India. Only few cities have Euro II standards