Tag: Petrol Price Hike

Fuel prices increased again across the country on Wednesday adding more misery for the common man already grappling with rising food prices amidst shrinking income.

The Odisha unit of Congress party today staged symbolic demonstration in front of various filling stations across the State as part of party’s call for nationwide protests over the steep hike in the price of petrol and diesel.

BJP spokesperson Satyabrat Panda said, “The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the economy. But blaming the Centre only for petrol and diesel price hike is not justified as the State government is also collecting revenue from petroleum products which have been kept out of GST purview.”

Fuel price rise in the country continued on Monday with oil marketing companies (OMCs) increasing the pump rate of both petrol and diesel for the second consecutive day.

After hitting new highs a day earlier, fuel prices rose once again on Tuesday taking petrol rates to cross Rs 100 per litre mark in several cities across the country.

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices witnessed a sharp jump on Sunday – the highest in the last six days after the drone attack on the oil processing facility of Saudi Arabia earlier this month. The Petrol price rose by 27 paise to Rs 73.62 a litre in Delhi. The rate of diesel was increased […]

New Delhi: Amid Coronavirus impact, the prices of petrol and diesel may increase further as Parliament on Monday passed Finance Bill allowing the government to increase special additional excise duty by Rs 18 and Rs 12 respectively for mobilising additional resources which would help to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This compares to the present limit […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday evening hiked excise duty by a record Rs 10 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel to garner Rs 1.6 lakh crore additional revenue as it repeated its time-tested formula of not passing on gains arising from a slump in international oil prices. Retail prices […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government announced to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, Odisha Congress termed it as a double whammy for people who are already facing problems due to Covid-19 lockdown. Terming the petrol, diesel price hike as unfair, the Odisha PCC chief Niranjan Patnaik said, “Both Centre and Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: Commuters will now have to cough up more while travelling in bus as the Odisha government on Monday increased the passenger bus fares with effective from immediate effect. The bus fares have been revised after a gap of almost five months in the State. The last changes in fares were made on 1 July […]

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices witnessed the steepest single-day hike in several months on the Republic Day on Tuesday as oil marketing companies raised the prices of the two auto fuels by 35 paise per litre. With the latest increase, petrol is available at a record high of Rs 86.05 a litre in Delhi […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman started presenting the Union Budget 2021 in Parliament from 11 am on Monday. During the budget proposal, the government has proposed agri cess of Rs 2.5/ litre on petrol, Rs 4 on diesel. While many interpreted it as a fuel price hike and petrol getting expensive, Finance Minister later clarified that there […]

New Delhi: Petrol prices with additives has crossed broken the psychological Rs 100 per litre mark in different parts of the country as oil marketing companies continue with their daily price hike for auto fuels in wake of heated up global oil market. Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOCs), Xtra Premium Petrol, which a superior version of […]

New Delhi: Even as filling-up a full tank of petrol is fast becoming a pipe dream for many, the alternative as well as futuristic electric powered vehicles seem to offer better running price realisation. However, caveats apply, especially when the charging time and state-wise electric unit price is applied. The calculation takes into account the […]

Bhubaneswar: The bus fares across categories were hiked in Odisha on Thursday. The fare revision is mainly attributed to the steep increase in the prices of petrol and diesel. As per an official notification, passengers will now have to pay Rs 85 paise per km against 80 paise per km for travelling in ordinary buses. […]