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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: Petroleum

7-year record: UPA raised petrol, diesel prices more than BJP, but global story was different

With the price rise becoming a political issue again, here’s a look at how fuel prices have charted the course over the last 17 years.

India’s petroleum demand has crashed by 70% as country has come to a near-halt

Consumption for the entire month could average about 50% below last year’s levels if the lockdown ends 15 April as planned.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, a petroleum luminary who fired up India’s science & tech pursuit

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, who died on 1 January 1955, was raised by his maternal grandfather, an engineer.

Government duties, not international oil price hikes are to blame for the high fuel prices

The Modi govt has not passed on the benefits of a steep fall in global oil prices to consumers; instead it raised the excise duty, leading to fuel price hikes.

Off The Cuff with Dharmendra Pradhan

This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan in conversation with ThePrint's Chairman...

Economic slowdown is a narrative designed by rivals: Dharmendra Pradhan at OTC

Petroleum minister insists the economy is not in a state of lapse, shoots down the idea of subsidies to keep petrol and diesel prices in check.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.