Tag: Diesel

  New Delhi: State-owned oil companies on Wednesday blamed a clerical error for announcing a cut of up to 60 paise in petrol and diesel prices and later clarified that the reduction in price will just be 1 paisa per litre each. “The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical […]

The week-long price pause comes after fuel prices increased on 41 days and remained unchanged on 44 days since May 1.

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar:  People will not have to go to filling station for diesel anymore as they can buy the fuel online soon. Oil marketing companies like Indian Oil, HPCL and BPCL are planning to start online retailing of diesel to cater to rural customers and commercial establishments. The companies are awaiting a final approval from […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting Centre’s plea, Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera today said that Odisha Government will not reduce VAT on petrol and diesel. After cutting the excise duty by Rs 2 per litre on petrol & diesel, the Centre had urged all the States to cut sales tax or VAT by 5 per cent to […]

Bhubaneswar: In a move that could possibly help in taming spiraling prices, the Union Government on Tuesday announced a reduction in the basic excise duty levied on petrol and diesel. As per the decision, the basic excise duty rate on petrol and diesel (both branded and unbranded) will be reduced by Rs 2 per litre. […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the government is aiming to promote more digitisation in all spheres of life, people could very soon have the luxury of buying petrol and diesel on a single click without even going to petrol pump. According to union minister Dharmendra Pradhan all petroleum products will soon be available on e-commerce […]

Cuttack: Amidst the ongoing tug of war between BJD and BJP over fuel price rise, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Orissa High Court today to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) ambit. According to sources, social activist Surendra Panigrahi filed the PIL in High Court seeking a uniform […]

Bubaneswar: Protesting hike in price of petrol and diesel, the Biju Janata Dal has called for a five-hour hartal at all blocks and district headquarters across the State tomorrow. Emergency services like hospitals have been excluded from the hartal even though it will be completely peaceful, BJD spokesperson Sanjay Dasburma said. “The hartal will be […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Consumers, now it’s time to use petrol, diesel more judiciously as oil marketing companies have decided to increase the dealer commission, paid to fuel pump owners, starting today making the prices of fuel go up. The dealer commission, which is a part of price of the fuel that consumers pay, is currently Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after a hike in the price of diesel, the Odisha government on Monday increased fares for all categories of passenger buses as per the automatic fare adjustment mechanism. As per a notification issued by the Commerce and Transport department, the fares for Ordinary and Express buses have been hiked by 1 paisa […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting against the Union government’s move to hike the prices of petrol and diesel, the youth wing of ruling BJD is staging a state-wide protest on Friday. According to party sources, the youth wing of the ruling party is staging demonstrations in front of the collectors’ offices in all 30 districts and two organisational […]

Bhubaneswar: Consumers in the State are worried a lot due to yesterday’s hike in prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 3.13 per litre and Rs 2.71 a litre respectively. Prices of all essential commodities will go up as transportation cost will obviously rise after the hike. This will pinch the pockets of middle class […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after oil companies reduced petrol and diesel prices, the Odisha government today slashed bus fares across all the categories to pass on the benefit to commuters. Transport minister Ramesh Majhi announced a reduction of 1 paise per km in bus fares in ordinary, express, deluxe and AC categories. The last reduction in […]

New Delhi: Amid reports of a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut crude production, Indian state-run oil firms continued to lower transport fuel prices for the eleventh straight day on Sunday, with petrol prices touching the lowest level in the ongoing fiscal across the major metros. In the national capital, petrol price fell […]

New Delhi: Following five consecutive days of cuts, state-run oil marketing companies kept prices of key domestic transport fuels — petrol and diesel — unchanged on Wednesday, on the festival of Diwali. According to the Indian Oil Corp data, petrol was priced at Rs 78.42 per litre in the national capital on Wednesday, which is its […]