Consumers can cheer as oil marketing companies (OMC) may actually bring down the retail prices of petrol and diesel in the coming week and provide relief to them ahead of Diwali
Sales by India's top three fuel retailers rose 8.8 per cent from a year earlier during the first half of October to 2.65 million tons, according to preliminary figures
After petrol, diesel demand has returned to pre-Covid-19 levels as sales rose 8.8 per cent in the first half of October from a year ago, preliminary industry data showed
Refiners are expected to focus on making less diesel and more gasoline and petrochemicals to respond to changing demand
Diesel price remained unchanged across the four metro cities on Saturday after falling for two consecutive days.
India's petrol sales rose 2 per cent in September - the first increase since the country's lockdown in late March - signalling demand returning to pre-Covid-19 levels
Petrol sales by state retailers recovered to their level before the coronavirus pandemic for the first time since March
Diesel price on Saturday fell below Rs 73 a litre mark while petrol saw a second reduction in rates in six months, according to state-owned fuel retailers
Diesel price was cut for the first time in close to six months after state-owned fuel retailers reduced retail selling rate by 16 paise per litre
In Delhi, petrol was priced at Rs 82.03, higher by 9 paise from Rs 81.94 on Saturday
In Kolkata, petrol was sold for Rs 83.01, higher by 14 paise from its previous level of Rs 82.87 per litre
Petrol prices were raised by 16 paise in Delhi to Rs 81.35 a litre; in Mumbai, it stands at Rs 88.02 a litre
Oil marketing companies decided to keep the pump prices of petroleum products petrol and diesel unchanged on Thursday
Officials said petrol and diesel demand has rapidly climbed due to higher use of private vehicles as commuters avoided public transport
Oil marketing companies kept retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged for the third consecutive day on Friday.
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party President Om Prakash Rajbhar, an MLA, rode a bicycle around Lucknow recently
The former party president also said that prices of petrol and diesel are constantly increasing in the country when global crude oil prices are continuously falling
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hit out at the Congress saying the government is using the tax revenue earned from the petrol and diesel sale to fund welfare programmes for the poor
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat also performed puja at a Shiva temple praying for "good sense" to dawn upon the central government
Attacking the BJP-led Central government over the rising prices of petrol and diesel, Congress President Sonia Gandhi sought immediate rollback of the hike