Sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose by 3.3% from a year earlier to 2.45 million tonnes
India's petrol sales rose 2 per cent in September - the first increase since the country's lockdown in late March - signalling demand returning to pre-Covid-19 levels
Petrol sales by state retailers recovered to their level before the coronavirus pandemic for the first time since March
Diesel demand growth is likely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of 2021 or early 2022, said Ashutosh Deshpande at the Platts APPEC 2020 virtual conference
Global gasoline and diesel demand is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2021-end, although a resurgence in Covid-19 cases would keep consumption fluctuating, several industry executives said
Diesel price on Saturday fell below Rs 73 a litre mark while petrol saw a second reduction in rates in six months, according to state-owned fuel retailers
Oil marketing companies decided to keep the pump prices of petroleum products petrol and diesel unchanged on Thursday
Officials said petrol and diesel demand has rapidly climbed due to higher use of private vehicles as commuters avoided public transport
Oil marketing companies kept retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged for the third consecutive day on Friday.
The former party president also said that prices of petrol and diesel are constantly increasing in the country when global crude oil prices are continuously falling
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hit out at the Congress saying the government is using the tax revenue earned from the petrol and diesel sale to fund welfare programmes for the poor
Attacking the BJP-led Central government over the rising prices of petrol and diesel, Congress President Sonia Gandhi sought immediate rollback of the hike
The continuous surge in rates of petrol and diesel prices for 21 consecutive days came to a halt on Sunday with no increase in prices
Petrol and diesel prices continued their cat-and-mouse chase in the capital. Petrol is now just a whisker away to returning to its numero uno spot
Diesel is currently priced at Rs 79.40 a litre in the Capital, just 36 paise short of petrol price that is being retailed at Rs 79.76 a litre
Petrol and diesel will now cost Rs Rs 78.88/litre and Rs 77.67/litre respectively in Delhi
In seven hikes, petrol price has been raised by Rs 3.9 per litre and diesel by Rs 4. Price rise could continue for a few more days, as global product prices are firming up with a pick-up in demand
The government on May 6 again raised excise duties by Rs 10 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel
The fuel consumption is estimated to decline 10-20 per cent during fiscal year 2020-21
The hike in duty has taken away gains from falling global crude oil prices