May 24, 2025 08:45 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'India has every right to defend itself against terrorism': Germany on Operation Sindoor | Trump administration bans Harvard University from enrolling international students | ED accuses Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi of cheating, money laundering in National Herald case | 'Russia, Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for ceasefire': Donald Trump after call with Putin | 'Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places': Joe Biden on cancer diagnosis | Rahul Gandhi targets Jaishankar over Op. Sindoor again, BJP says LoP speaking Pak language | Supreme Court orders SIT probe into Madhya Pradesh minister's remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi | Bengaluru: Woman killed after wall collapses on her after heavy rainfall | Pak forces targeted Golden Temple after India conducted Operation Sindoor: Army | YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, arrested for 'espionage', travelled to Pakistan ahead of Pahalgam attack

Diesel price hiked by 50p per litre

| | Jun 01, 2014, at 03:52 am
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS) Adding burden on consumers, diesel price was hiked by 50 paise a litre, excluding state levies, on Saturday.

The new price will be effective from midnight on Saturday.

"Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has decided to increase the retail selling price of Diesel (Retail) by Rs.0.50/litre (excluding state levies) w.e.f midnight of 31st May/1st Jun'14,"  the Indian Oil Corporation said in a statement.

"The above increase is pursuant to GOI order dated 17th Jan'13, whereby OMCs have been authorized to increase the retail selling price of Diesel within a small range every month until further orders. Accordingly, since then, Retail Diesel prices are being revised every month. In continuation of above, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has decided to effect the aforesaid increase in Retail Diesel prices. Even after the current increase, under recovery on Retail Diesel shall stand at Rs. 2.80/litre," it said.

"The Corporation is also suffering under-recoveries on sale of SKO (PDS) of Rs.32.87/litre & LPG (Dom) of Rs. 432.50/cyl. For the year 2014-15, the Corporation is expected to incur under-recovery of around Rs 53,600 crore on sale of three sensitive products (Industry around Rs 1,01,700 crore)," the statement said.

 

Image: Wikimedia Commons

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu