 "fuel, oil, petrol")
India's fuel demand witnessed the sharpest rebound in February as petrol and diesel consumption rose by double digits after a winter lull in the previous month, preliminary industry data showed on Wednesday.
Petrol sales of state-owned fuel retailers jumped 12 per cent to 2.57 million tonne in February, as compared to 2.29 million tonne of consumption in the same period of last year.
Sales were 1.57 per cent higher than in COVID-marred February 2021 and 20 per cent more than in the same period of 2020.
Month-on-month, the demand was up 13.5 per cent, reversing the dip in the previous month.
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