By Bhamy V. Shenoy Under UPA when crude oil price reached a high of 147 dollars per barrel in May 2008, petrol price in Delhi was around Rs. 50 per litre. On Feb. 1 this year, crude oil price was 56 dollars per barrel and petrol price was Rs. 86.30 per litre. Already in Rajasthan…
Former CM Siddharamaiah condemns hike in fuel prices
June 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to show the Governments at the Centre and the State that petrol could be sold at Rs. 25 per litre, former CM Siddharamaiah, who condemned the high fuel prices, launched a protest organised by former MLA M.K. Somashekar at Chikkamma Nikethana Kalyan Mantap in city yesterday. He symbolically sold petrol at…
Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs. 2, announces HDK
September 17, 2018Kalaburagi: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has announced that fuel prices in Karnataka have been reduced by Rs. 2. With this, Karnataka has joined the league of States including Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal that have also slashed prices. Making an announcement at Kalaburagi this morning, Kumaraswamy said that following increased demand from…
Petrol, Diesel to cost more from today
July 14, 2018Bengaluru: With the State Government issuing an official notification on Friday to give effect to the budget proposals made by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, petrol and diesel will cost Re. 1.14 and Re. 1.12 more respectively from today. Kumaraswamy, who also holds the Finance portfolio, had increased the sales tax on petrol and diesel by…
Petrol, diesel touch all time high as oil companies hike rates
May 20, 2018New Delhi: Petrol price today touched a record high of Rs 76.24 per litre and diesel climbed to its highest ever level of Rs 67.57 as the oil PSUs passed on four weeks of relentless rise in international oil prices to consumers. Petrol price today increased by 33 paisa a litre in Delhi — the…
Excise duty on petrol, diesel cut
October 4, 2017Mysuru: Petrol and Diesel became cheaper by Rs.2 a litre across the country as the Government decided to reduce the basic Excise Duty on the two fuels from Tuesday midnight. Accordingly, the price of petrol stands at Rs. 69.15 a litre and that of Diesel at Rs.56.70 a litre in city.
Petrol, diesel prices come down
June 26, 2017New Delhi/ Mysuru: State-run oil retailers — Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) — had implemented daily revision of retail selling prices (RSP) of petrol and diesel from June 16 across the country. In the last ten days, the price of petrol and diesel has…
Prices of petrol, diesel to change daily from June 16
June 9, 2017Mysuru: The ‘dynamic’ daily pricing of fuel that had been introduced as a pilot project in a few cities in the country from May 1, will come into effect in the whole country from June 16. The consumers throughout the country will pay a different price for petrol and diesel every day, according to the…
New India in the Making
May 2, 2017Here are three developments: Banning of Red Beacon, Implementation of RERA and Dynamic Pricing of Petrol By N. Niranjan Nikam May 1, was not only International Labour Day, but it was also a day in our country when a slew of Acts and Rules came into effect. Actually, there were three changes which is supposed…
Petrol, diesel prices hiked
April 17, 2017Mysuru- The price of petrol was increased on Sunday night by Rs. 1.39 a litre and diesel by Rs. 1.04 a litre in keeping with international rates. Meanwhile, Bengaluru is the second highest fuel guzzling city, with consumption of 84.3 crore litres of petrol in 2016-17, while Delhi stands top in fuel consumption with 126.6…
Recent Comments