India's diesel consumption in October rose above pre-Covid levels for the first time in a year, as increased industrial activity ahead of the festival season spurred demand for the fuel.
Fuel consumption totalled 15.92 million tonnes last month, up slightly from August and 5.2 per cent higher than in September 2020, as per data on the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) website.
the shelves. tesco is big. £1 in every £4 we spend goes through a tesco tail. what they say about the current supply chain issues really matter. that is piling up, the hgv driver disruption and fears around the new processing supply chain, also the petrol supply crisis. 8% of tesco revenue comes from petrol sales. all that is happening. there are 80 days to go till christmas. a new poll says three quarters of us are worried about panic buying in the lead up to the big day. even the prime minister admitted the problems might not be over in time. how worried are you feeling? we saw some tesco shoppers near here. as long as people are sensible and don t, you know. you don t get people filling up massive shopping trolleys with selection boxes or whatever, then we ll be ok. i think its people
Petrol sales fell 13.1 per cent to 2.38 million tonnes in April- the lowest level since August 2020, and were 145 per cent higher compared with same period a year ago.
The second wave of coronavirus sweeping the nation has pummelled fuel sales in April as local restrictions clamped to curb the spread of inflection stifled demand, preliminary data showed. At the end of April, overall fuel demand is down by about 7 per cent from pre-Covid level of April 2019, Arun Singh, Director for Marketing and Refineries at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), said. India was under one of the world s severest lockdowns in April 2020, bringing to a halt almost all economic activity. Fuel sales had halved that month and so comparing current month sale to April 2020 will not throw a correct interpretation.