Petrol sales grew 14 per cent during the first half of May when compared with the same period in the preceding month, while diesel demand rose 1.8 per cent. Cooking gas LPG, which last month saw consumption declining because of high prices, posted a 2.8 per cent rise in sales during May 1-15.
Petrol, diesel rate May 6: Brent crude above USD 110, fuel prices to increase? - Chief Economic Advisor in statement last month said as long as price of crude is less than USD 110 per barrel, petrol-diesel prices will not increase.
‘Speech was misleading, one sided’: Mamata Banerjee hits out at PM Modi over fuel price remark - After PM Modi urged the states to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that his remarks were “one-sided”.
PM Modi had attacked the opposition saying opposition-ruled states had done "injustice" to the people by not transferring the benefits of the cut to them, as per PTI.