Media Launch on State Particular Cost (SSC)

Further to the press release issued on 24.7.12 informing about the revision, w.e.f. 24-25 Jul 2012, in the rates of 'State Specific Cost (SSC)' to cover the irrecoverable levies imposed by States on petroleum products, the full list of state-wise impact of revision in SSC excluding State levies is given in the tables below :

Price Decrease

Impact on State Specific Cost (SSC)
State/UT	MS	HSD	SKO(PDS)	LPG (Dom)
	Rs./litre	Rs./litre	Rs./litre	Rs./cyl
Karnataka	(1.06)	(0.62)		(6.55)
Goa	(0.82)	(0.40)	(0.08)	(5.17)
Gujarat	(0.81)	(0.40)	(0.16)	(10.18)
Tamil Nadu	(0.76)	(0.10)		(7.01)
Jharkhand	(0.55)	(0.24)	(0.14)	(3.66)
Odisha	(0.52)	(0.32)	(0.07)	(4.15)
Andhra Pradesh	(0.30)	(0.14)	(0.03)	(1.78)
Madhya Pradesh	(0.16)	(0.06)	(0.01)	(0.85)
West Bengal			(0.06)	(3.86)
Tripura	0.10)	(0.06)	(0.01)	(0.81)
Punjab	(0.03)	(0.02)	(0.00)	(0.26)
NCT of Delhi	(0.00)	(0.00)	-	(0.03)

Price Increase

Impact on State surcharge
State/UT	MS	HSD	SKO(PDS)	LPG (Dom)
	Rs./litre	Rs./litre	Rs./litre	Rs./cyl
Assam	2.13	1.95	0.80	19.43
West Bengal	2.02	0.78
Tamil Nadu			0.85
Bihar	0.80	1.45	0.75	9.16
Karnataka			0.64
Maharashtra	0.72	0.72	0.33	8.72
Uttar Pradesh	0.56	0.55	0.37	6.01
Haryana	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.78
Rajasthan	0.00	0.02	-	-
Kerala	-	-	0.69	1.14

Consequent to the said revision, the RSPs of main products, namely MS, HSD, SKO & LPG, before & after effecting the revision for the four metro cities are given below :

Product		N.DELHI	CALCUTTA	MUMBAI	CHENNAI
MS (Rs/litre)	REVISED RSP	68.48	76.13	75.14	72.19
	CURRENT RSP	68.48	73.61	74.23	73.16
	DIFFERENCE	0.00	2.52	0.91	(0.97)
HSD (Rs/litre)	REVISED RSP	41.29	44.66	46.17	43.83
	CURRENT RSP	41.29	43.74	45.28	43.95
	DIFFERENCE	0.00	0.92	0.89	(0.12)
SKO PDS (Rs/litre)	REVISED RSP	14.83	14.78	14.73	12.34
	PREVIOUS RSP	14.83	14.84	14.38	11.46
	DIFFERENCE	0.00	(0.06)	0.35	0.88
LPG Dom (Rs/cylinder)	REVISED RSP	399.00	401.00	423.00	386.50
	PREVIOUS RSP	399.00	405.00	414.00	393.50
	DIFFERENCE	0.00	(4.00)	9.00	(7.00)

Henceforth, any future change in the amount of SSC resulting from the incidence of State/ Municipal levy/ tax etc shall be given effect immediately within the respective State/ Municipal Area. Also, the SSC collections & incidence of irrecoverable taxes shall be reviewed on quarterly basis by the industry and required changes will accordingly be made in the State Specific Cost.