Tag: Petrol price
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Petrol price breaches Rs 90 mark in Maharashtra
Petrol is being sold at Rs 90.05 per litre, highest in India, at Parbhani, a city located in the eastern Maharashtra, where diesel costs Rs 77.92 per litre.
September 11, 2018 -
Petrol price touches Rs 80.50 in Delhi, Rs 87.89 in Mumbai
Opposition parties have called for a nation-wide 'Bharat Bandh' on Monday (September 10) to protest against the spiralling fuel prices.
September 9, 2018 -
Petrol on a record high, crosses Rs 80 mark in Delhi
In Delhi, the price of petrol is resting at a record Rs 80.38 per litre, while it is being sold at Rs 87.77 per litre in Mumbai after a hike of 39 paisa.
September 8, 2018 -
Congress to launch nationwide stir over rising fuel prices
Party sources said the date of the agitation will be decided on September 6 after a meeting with the party general secretaries and state unit chiefs.
September 5, 2018 -
Delhi HC asks Centre to take PIL on petrol price as representation
It said the oil companies are fixing the price with the implied consent of the government.
July 18, 2018 -
Captain Amarinder seeks simplification of GST
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates in order to make it simple for traders, businessmen and industry. In his demi official letter, the CM urged the PM for quick redressal of some key irritants in the GST in the spirit …
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July 9, 2018 -
Lies amidst Claims
The mechanism of petrol-pricing is as turbid as crude oil. It also needs to be refined in order to clean the lies from the claims. Market forces, not the government, should decide the prices in a deregulated environment ~ that is the system in operation in India now. But that did not happen during the …
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June 11, 2018 -
Petrol, diesel prices fall 9 paise on Saturday
Prices of petrol and diesel fell around nine paise in the four metro cities on Saturday. In the national capital, petrol was sold at Rs 78.20 per litre, down from Rs 78.29 on Friday, data on the Indian Oil Corp’s website showed. In Mumbai and Chennai, petrol prices were at Rs 86.01 and Rs 81.19 …
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June 2, 2018 -
Insult after glitch
It 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 …
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June 1, 2018 -
One paisa price cut on petrol, diesel a cruel joke: Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the one paisa cut each in the per litre price of petrol and diesel by the Central government was a “cruel joke on the people”. “Clerical error? Nobody can believe that. It is just another joke the Narendra Modi government has perpetrated on the people of …
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May 30, 2018 -
Petrol, diesel price cut by 1 paise; Twitter says, what a relief!
The people of India felt a wave of relief on Wednesday when it was announced that the petrol and diesel prices have been cut by 50-60 paise per litre each. However, it was major technical glitch. While the Indian Oil Corp’s (IOC) website initially showed a fall of around 50-60 paise per litre, it was …
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May 30, 2018 -
Up for 15th straight day, petrol crosses Rs 86 a litre in Mumbai
The petrol price in the country’s financial capital breached the Rs 86-a-litre mark on Monday as fuel prices across the country increased for the 15th day in a row after the resumption of the dynamic pricing system on May 14. Petrol was sold at Rs 86.08 per litre in Mumbai, against Rs 85.93 on Sunday, …
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May 28, 2018 -
Petrol prices rise over Rs 3/litre in 12 days
Petrol prices across the four metros increased by over Rs 3 per litre in 12 days after dynamic pricing system was resumed on May 14, data on the Indian Oil Corp (IOC) website shows. In the national capital, petrol prices rose Rs 3.20 per litre during the period and was sold at Rs 77.83 per …
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May 25, 2018 -
‘Bringing petrol, diesel under GST will lower prices’
Fuel prices will come down once the Centre builds a consensus to bring petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday. Petrol and diesel prices are defined by international crude oil rates, Fadnavis noted. “A task force is already working on reducing the fuel prices. …
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May 24, 2018 -
Petrol almost Rs 85 a litre in Mumbai, crosses Rs 80 in Chennai
The petrol price in India’s financial capital Mumbai touched Rs 84.99 a litre on Wednesday. Petrol prices in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai have already reached unprecendent levels, and are now setting a new benchmark every other day. In Chennai, price of the fuel breached the Rs 80 a litre mark on Wednesday and was priced …
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May 23, 2018 -
Petrol price can be cut by Rs 25 per litre: Chidambaram
Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday criticised the Centre for the fuel price hike and claimed that the rate can be reduced by Rs 25 per litre but the government is not doing it. “It is possible to cut upto Rs 25 per litre, but the government will not. They …
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May 23, 2018 -
Government looking at steps to control fuel prices: Pradhan
The government is considering ways to keep rising transport fuel prices in check, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday, even as petrol and diesel prices in Delhi and Mumbai crossed previous highs. The price of petrol per litre in Delhi on Monday under the dynamic pricing regime touched a record high of Rs 76.57, …
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May 22, 2018