Last month the government eased norms for installing EV charging stations and instructed state governments to promote setting up of EV charging infrastructure.
February 19, 2022Across the country as well, the price of the fuel largely remained unchanged on Monday but the retail rates varied depending on the level of local taxes.
December 6, 2021Accordingly, petrol and diesel prices remained static for the 14th consecutive day on Thursday under the daily price revision mechanism followed by oil marketing companies.
November 18, 2021Under the pricing formula adopted by oil companies, rates of petrol and diesel are to be reviewed and revised on a daily basis.
September 11, 2021Prices of both auto fuels reduced only once in April by 16 and 14 paisa per litre, respectively. Diesel prices were also reduced by 16 paisa per litre in Delhi on July 12.
August 6, 2021Across the country, petrol and diesel prices increased between 24-28 paise per litre on Monday, but its retail prices varied depending on local taxes in different states.
June 7, 2021Accordingly, pump price of petrol and diesel remained at Rs 90.40 a litre and Rs 80.73 a litre respectively in Delhi.
April 21, 2021Across the country as well the petrol and diesel prices fell on Thursday but its retail levels varied depending on the level of local levies in respective states.
April 15, 2021Petrol and diesel fell by 22 paise and 23 paise per litre respectively last week on Tuesday in the wake of global softening of oil prices.
April 10, 2021The total government subsidy for fertilizer, food and petroleum was aggregated to Rs 1,96,769 crore. This constitutes 56.53 per cent of central petroleum revenue and 34.18 per cent of the total petroleum sector's revenue. This clearly shows that this sector meets the Centre's entire subsidy burden; so, it would be wrong to say the subsidy to the sector is a burden on the government
March 3, 2021In the national capital, petrol price on Sunday stood at Rs 80.43 per litre and diesel at Rs 80.53 a litre, same levels as the last four days when OMCs went for a pause and kept the prices unchanged.
July 5, 2020While the nation is under lockdown to fight the COVID-19 crisis, a scheme to provide relief to PMUY beneficiaries has been implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana in association with Indian Oil and other oil marketing companies, the government said.
April 26, 2020The airports where fuel supply was stopped by state-owned OMCs are Cochin, Visakhapatnam, Mohali, Ranchi, Pune and Patna,
August 23, 2019Transport fuel rates were hiked sharply on Sunday as global crude oil rates continued to climb handsomely following the implementation of output cuts by global oil producers from 1 January.
January 20, 2019Fuel has become cheaper by Rs Four in the city. An official spokesperson said Rs 1.50 cut in the VAT will be effective from midnight.
October 6, 2018It would be charitable to accept the explanation of the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) that it was due to a technical glitch that petrol prices on Wednesday were initially projected at 60 paise lower per litre (in the Capital), and then “corrected” when the error was noticed. However, it was decidedly uncharitable, indeed an insult...
June 1, 2018The introduction of BS VI fuel in the Capital may lead to reduction in sulphur levels by 80 per cent but it would not help much in reducing pollution in the city until auto manufacturers introduce BS VI compliant vehicles whose engines are more refined, said senior officials of the Petroleum Ministry and oil marketing...
April 3, 2018