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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPetrol price

Topic: Petrol price

Petroleum reserves, alternative sources: India moves to protect economy as Iran tensions expose risks

The government Tuesday set up a panel to monitor risks and keep exports and imports running smoothly in the face of disruptions.

CNG set to be 2nd most popular fuel for passenger vehicles in India by 2027, says ICRA report

Govt approval of new gas pricing mechanism has led to lower CNG prices. Total cost of CNG vehicle ownership now likely to be 10-15% lower than for similar petrol-powered vehicle. 

How fuel prices become mysteriously stable just before elections. Here’s data since 2020

In recent years, fuel prices have been kept static for weeks before assembly polls, only to be changed soon after. However, there's no clarity over who's deciding the prices.

Ethanol blended fuel to power vehicles. Will it hurt your car’s engine?

India’s reliance on ethanol blended fuel is only set to increase in the wake of rising crude oil prices. But are we going to adapt in time?

Oil demand recovery in India poised to weather Covid surge

India’s total oil demand is expected to grow 4% to 5% over the 12 month ending 31 March compared with a year earlier.

77% Indians want petrol & diesel to come under GST, survey finds

The survey comes ahead of the GST Council meeting Friday, which is likely to discuss bringing petrol, diesel and other petroleum products under the GST ambit.

Record high petrol, diesel prices threaten India’s road to recovery, economists say

While revenue gains from taxes on retail fuel are key for India to boost spending, RBI sees those levies, along with elevated crude prices, already pushing core inflation higher.

India’s petrol, diesel demand yet to recover fully despite end of Covid lockdown

Operations across 23 refineries nationwide were at 77% of capacity in May & amount of crude processed was almost 25% lower year-on-year.

Petrol and diesel to get costlier as Modi govt looks to build reserves

India's super rich to be taxed more. Nirmala Sitharaman hikes surcharge on taxable income of over Rs 2 crore.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.