Consumers pay Rs 25,000 crore price for high coal tax, keeping power out of GST

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel are not the only sources of energy for which consumers are paying through their nose because of high taxes. A myriad of taxes and levies on coal, which accounts for 55% of electricity generation, and non-inclusion of electricity in GST regime is costing power consumers upwards of Rs 25,000 crore a year.  In 2018-19, complete data for which from Office of Coal Cont…