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Topic: Petrol

Indians are cutting down on essentials like onions, wheat to afford fuel hike, survey says

With petrol prices touching around Rs 100 and diesel up to nearly Rs 90, Indians are dipping into savings or cutting down on expenses to meet their fuel need, says LocalCircles survey.

Why India appears strangely silent on sky-high fuel prices

Before 2014, fuel price hike used to outrage the public. Today, nobody seems to care. The difference tells you a lot about what appears to be ‘public opinion’.

Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 5 per litre in Assam ahead of assembly polls

Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made the announcement as he proposed to remove an additional cess of around 25% imposed on alcoholic drinks.

When Koo clipped Twitter’s wings, and the burden of skyrocketing fuel prices

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

No major income tax relief in Budget, new agri cess won’t push up petrol & alcohol prices

Govt has levied an agriculture infrastructure and development cess on a host of items, but this is unlikely to impact the final consumer.

For the first time, LPG sold more than petrol in India in 2020

Indian LPG consumption in 2020 was at 27.41 million tonnes, 4.3% higher than a year earlier, while petrol demand in the same period plunged 9.3% to 27.27 million tonnes.

India’s annual fuel demand falls for first time in 21 years

Demand for total petroleum products — including diesel, gasoline and jet fuel — slid 10.8% from a year earlier, the first annual contraction in data going back to 1999.

In 5th straight day of increase, petrol price up by 28 paise, diesel by 29 paise per litre

This is the 14th increase in rates since 20 November when oil companies resumed daily price revision after nearly two-month hiatus.

Petrol price crosses Rs 82 a litre, diesel past Rs 72

Petrol price on Saturday was hiked by 24 paise per litre and diesel by 27 paise as hopes of a Covid vaccine development led to a rally in international oil prices.

Covid fear, high taxes push India’s petrol consumption to overtake diesel

While diesel consumption is lagging, petrol sales in September rose for the first time since February on a year-on-year basis as more people opted for own vehicles to commute.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.