Petroleum Products' Prices Depend On Int'l Markets: Dharmendra Pradhan

New Delhi: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the prices of petroleum products in the country are governed by international market forces.

The reply from Pradhan came during the Question Hour. Congress member KC Venugopal had objected to the Minister's response, saying that he was not putting forth the facts properly.

Replying to questions of Hon. MP Shri Banda Prakash and Shri @SantanuSenMP in Rajya Sabha on the selling price of petrol and diesel. #BudgetSession2021pic.twitter.com/nP8PUi51PO

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 10, 2021

Samajwadi Party member Visambhar Prasad Nishad asked why the "prices of fuel were more in the country of Lord Ram and less in Mata Sita's country Nepal".

Petrol and diesel prices in India have risen again on the back of a surge in global crude prices above $60 a barrel now.