Economics

India Slashes Windfall Tax on Fuel Exports, Reliance Jumps

  • Levy on gasoline exports removed; diesel, jet fuel taxes cut
  • Reliance’s export-focused refinery exempted from taxes
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India slashed windfall taxes on oil companies less than three weeks after they were imposed, driving a rally in the shares of the nation’s No. 1 fuel exporter Reliance Industries Ltd. and top crude explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp.