evidence: Source: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. [...] In such an environment of decreased income, the government is unable to wean itself off taxes it earns from the sale of petrol and diesel. In many ways this dilemma is self-imposed since this government’s original sin was its economic mismanagement before the pandemic hit. You construct a house poorly and a storm hits. Now you are drenched due to a leaking roof. Is the storm the only one to blame? Good policy, bad policy