A decision on the hike in the price of diesel, petrol and LPG will be taken in the next 2-3 days, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said today.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>"Hopefully, by May 31, we will have a solution," Deora told reporters after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were also present at the meet.</P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>The price hike is one part of a multi-pronged relief package being finalised by the government for the cash-strapped government owned oil companies 

Fuel hike price decision by May 31: Deora

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