NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel are not the only sources of energy for which consumers are paying through their nose because of high taxes and different tax regimes on input and final products. A myriad of taxes and levies on coal, which accounts for 55% of electricity generation, and non-inclusion of electricity in GST regime is costing power consumers upwards of Rs 25,000 crore a year.
Complete data from Office of Coal Controller and CEA shows power consuemrs – both industrial and domestic – paid 26 paise per unit on the 987682 million units of electricity generated in 2018-19 through coal on account of different tax regimes for input and the end product.
