中国石化新闻网讯 据阿拉伯贸易网2021年11月24日新德里报道，世界第三大石油消费国印度宣布将从其战略石油储备中释放500万桶原油。  

印度石油和天然气部今天表示，“政府一直在评估国内高企的汽油和柴油价格。”这是印度从战略石油储备中释放原油的理由。

为了控制通胀压力，印度政府在11月3日降低了汽油和柴油的中央消费税。 随后，许多邦政府降低了燃油增值税。

加油站的高价格给印度人带来了困难，尤其是考虑到中央和邦政府征收的消费税和增值税。 随着冠状病毒感染数的减少和经济活动的增加，印度对汽油和柴油的需求最近大幅增加。  

在谈到削减税收和关税时，印度石油和天然气部表示，“尽管政府背负着沉重的财政负担，但采取这些艰难的措施是为了减轻市民的负担。”

李峻 编译自 阿拉伯贸易网

原文如下：

India to release 5m barrels of crude from strategic reserves

India, the world's third-largest consumer of oil, has announced that it will release five million barrels of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves, said a Wam news agency report.

"Prime Minister has been consistently reviewing the high domestic prices of petrol and diesel," the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said today as the rationale for releasing the crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves.

"In a bid to control inflationary pressures, the government of India had reduced the central excise duty on petrol and diesel on 3rd November. It was followed by reduction in VAT on fuel by many state governments."

High prices at filling stations have been causing hardships to Indians especially on account of excise duties and value added tax levied by the central and state governments. With the decline in Coronavirus infections and an uptick in economic activity, demand of petrol and diesel has considerably gone up in India recently.

Referring to the cuts in taxes and duties, the Ministry said: "these difficult steps, despite the high fiscal burden on the government, were taken in order to provide relief to citizens."