Govt mulling Rs 3/litre diesel rate hike after Assembly polls
The government plans to hike diesel prices by up to Rs 3 a litre soon after the Assembly elections in five states are over next week, while an equivalent steep increase in petrol rates is also on c
'Anti-people' 'Petroleum tax' Rs 1.35 lakh crore, claims CPI-M
New Delhi: Describing tax regime on petroleum products as 'anti-people', the CPI-M today said the government will rake in a huge revenue of Rs 1,35,000 crore from these levies in the fiscal beginni
Petrol price not to be hiked: Jaipal
New Delhi, Feb. 15: The Union minister for petroleum and natural gas, Mr Jaipal Reddy, on Tuesday revealed that the government does not intend to raise the prices of petrol and diesel despite the inte
No proposal to hike diesel prices
New Delhi: New Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy today ruled out any increase in diesel prices, even though oil companies are losing Rs 7 per litre on sales of the transport fuel.
There is no proposal o
Diesel prices decision by end-Dec
New Delhi: A ministerial panel may meet by end-December on diesel prices, Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Tuesday.
He said a scheduled ministerial panel meeting on Wednesday has now been deferre
Diesel to follow after petrol price hike
New Delhi: India's state-run oil retailers will raise petrol prices starting on Wednesday by the most in six months and New Delhi also plans to lift diesel prices, possibly stoking inflation and addin
Hike in petrol price likely
New Delhi: A hike of Re 1- Rs 2 per litre in petrol prices is on cards this week following international crude oil prices touching USD 90 per barrel mark.
"We would have raised petrol price yester
Discourage sale of BMWs, Audis, says Jairam
New Delhi: Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday called for corrections in the fiscal policy to discourage luxurious cars like BMW and Audi in the country as they were a major sourc
Driving BMWs, SUVs, in India is criminal: Green man Ramesh
New Delhi: Use of Sports Utility Vehicles in countries like India is 'criminal', Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today and pitched the need for evolving an effective fuel policy regime to dis
Fuel switch: India now runs on cleaner petrol, diesel
The country has fully switched over to cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel, and well ahead of the October 1 deadline, Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasada said.
"We launched Euro-