Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for reducing the central excise duty on petrol by ₹8 per litre and on diesel by ₹6 per litre.
The will bring down the price of petrol by ₹9.50 and diesel by ₹7 per litre, he said.
“This is a pro-people decision and I thank the Prime Minister on behalf of the people of Karnataka for the decision," the Chief Minister tweeted.