-PTI Petrol price today hit ?74.40 a litre — the highest level under the BJP-led government, while diesel rates touched a record high of ?65.65, renewing calls for cut in excise duty to ease burden on consumers. State-owned oil firms, which have been since June last year revising auto fuel prices daily, on Sunday raised petrol and diesel rates by 19 paisa per litre each in Delhi, according to a price notification. The...
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Diesel price hits all-time high, petrol prices highest in over 4 years -Sumant Banerji
-BusinessToday.in Prices of diesel hit an all-time high of Rs 64.40 per litre in Delhi, while petrol prices were at Rs 73.55, highest in over four years. The last time petrol prices were higher was in September 2013 when it was Rs 76.06 per litre in the city. In a bid to bring in transparency in pricing of fuels, the government had changed the fortnightly revision of prices to a daily routine...
More »Who robbed Narmada? -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Farmers in Gujarat prepare for a bleak future and protests as Narmada water disappears from canals after Assembly elections It's February 11. The sun is yet to shine over Morbi district in Gujarat’s arid Saurashtra region. Thousands of Diesel pumps suddenly start blaring across a branch canal of the Narmada, passing through Khirai village. Hundreds of farmers have congregated along the canal to draw as much water as possible...
More »Congress puts govt on mat for refusal to cut fuel tax as prices soar -Sanjay Dutta
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At a time when fuel prices are shooting through the roof due to increasing global oil prices, the Congress on Thursday put the government on the mat for not providing relief by passing on the benefit of money it has mopped up by raising excise duty on petrol and diesel. Raising the issue of increasing pump prices in Parliament, the leader of the Congress in the...
More »The end of secession: Why the elite withdrawal from public services is coming to an end -Rohini Nilekani
-The Times of India blog With the approaching winter the air quality in many Indian cities, especially in Delhi, becomes a public health hazard. Something so fundamental as breathing easy can no longer be taken for granted. It’s a wake-up call worthy of a civic revolution. For decades now those who could afford it (very much including this writer), have seceded from public services. The Indian elite send their children to expensive...
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