Brokenhigh confidenceEconomy

No increase in state duties on petrol and diesel for three years

Bharatiya Janata Party · Goa Legislative Assembly Election 2022

Last updated 20 Jun 2026

What does this status mean?

Explicit reversal, contradictory action, or a completed term with no meaningful delivery. Do not mark an active-term promise broken solely for inaction.

Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.

Original manifesto wording

“We shall not increase the state duties on petrol and diesel for the next three years.”

From the Bharatiya Janata Party manifestoView Manifesto

Our Assessment

Broken. The commitment expressly prohibits an increase in state duties on petrol and diesel during the first three years after the 2022 election. Goa issued Notification No. 4/2/2024-Fin(R&C)/25737 in June 2024, within that three-year period, revising the VAT treatment of motor spirit and high-speed diesel. The resulting state-tax increase raised the retail price of petrol by Re 1 per litre and diesel by 36 paise per litre from June 22, 2024. VAT is a state-imposed fuel duty for the purpose of this commitment. Because the Government took the opposite action during the protected period, the promise is broken rather than merely pending.