Vishnu Dev government had announced in the budget
Raipur 1 April 2025: Vishnudev Sai government has given a big relief to the general public by reducing the price of petrol and has announced to make petrol cheaper by Rs 1 per liter in the budget for the new financial year 2025-26, which has come into effect from midnight on March 31. With this, the price of petrol in Raipur has now come down to Rs 100.42 per liter. This reduction has come after the long-standing demand of the people of the state. Petrol prices are above Rs 100 per liter in all the cities of the state including the capital Raipur. The common people of the state will get relief due to the reduction in the price of petrol. At the same time, the state government will have a revenue loss. At the same time, officials of the Commercial Tax Department say that the revenue loss will be compensated by increasing consumption. It is noteworthy that in the budget of 2025-26, the Chhattisgarh government has reduced the price of petrol by ₹ 1 per liter to give relief to the public, which will benefit the common people, farmers and industries. Earlier, the government had reduced VAT on bulk purchase of diesel to 17%, which has reduced the cost of transportation and agricultural work.