Automakers on Thursday said the government decision to allow "small" hikes in diesel prices was a step in the right direction although it could have some impact on sales. ...
07:29 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The CPI on Thursday castigated the government for decontrolling diesel prices, saying Congress-led UPA would pave to pay the political price for such "anti-people" decisions. It also demanded increasing the number of LPG cylinders per family to 12, instead of nine as decided by the government on Thursday. ...
06:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The government will not factor the impact of diesel price hike by oil companies while computing the oil subsidy bill for the current fiscal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday. ...
05:52 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The BJP on Thursday criticised the government's decision to allow oil marketing companies to hike diesel rates and demanded its rollback, saying it will have a cascading effect on prices. The opposition party also termed the raising of cap on LPG cylinders from six to nine as a "farce". ...
05:39 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Travel in Delhi Metro might get costlier five months down the line with a Fare Fixation Committee appointed by the Government expected to come out with its recommendations on fare hike by the middle of this year. ...
05:04 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The government on Thursday took the first step towards diesel decontrol and allowed the oil companies to raise prices from time to time, but kept the mechanism to be followed unclear. ...
04:42 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The Cabinet on Thursday refused to take a call on increasing the prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG and instead put the onus of oil marketing companies to decide on diesel price from time to time. ...
01:31 PM, Jan 17, 2013
A decision on raising diesel and LPG prices is expected on Thursday. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take a call on raising diesel and LPG prices at the cabinet meet on Thursday. ...
10:15 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Citing non-allocation of cheaper natural gas from the Centre, GSPC Gas Company (GGC) on Tuesday hiked the gas prices in various categories. GGC, a subsidiary of the state-run Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), has raised CNG prices from Rs 50.20 per kg to Rs 56.90 per kg, while piped cooking gas prices go up from Rs 18.18 to Rs 21.50 (Rs 24.73 with taxes) per standard cubic metre (pscm), a...
02:58 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Petrol price was on Tuesday evening hiked by about 35 paise per litre in line with firming raw material cost. Petrol will cost Rs 67.56 per litre in Delhi with effect from midnight Tuesday, industry sources said. ...
11:18 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India today said it will increase prices of its vehicles across models by up to Rs 20,000 from tomorrow to offset pressure of adverse currency fluctuation. ...
02:59 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Petroleum And Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily Moily on Friday said that a hike in diesel and LPG prices could be announced soon. ...
09:44 PM, Jan 11, 2013
After the railway fare hike, the government is all set to raise diesel and cooking gas rates. The Congress Core group will meet in the national capital on Friday to take a final call. CNN-IBN has learnt that a hike of Rs 4.50 per litre in diesel prices and that of Rs 100 per cylinder for LPG prices is expected. ...
10:53 AM, Jan 11, 2013
After announcing a hike in railway fares, the government is now set to take a tough decision on raising fuel prices as early as this week or next week. A hike of Rs 4.50 per litre in diesel prices and that of Rs 100 per cylinder for LPG prices is expected. ...
01:19 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Oil Ministry has made a proposal to Cabinet to raise diesel prices and increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six, two oil ministry sources said on Wednesday. ...
05:59 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that the government must raise diesel, kerosene and cooking gas prices in a phased manner as India's fuel prices are well below international prices. Sources have told Network 18 that the government may consider hiking diesel prices by Rs 2 to 3 per litre and LPG by rs 50 to 75 rupees, in line with the Kelkar committee report recommendations. ...
09:16 AM, Jan 08, 2013
The CNG price in the national capital has been increased by Rs 1.55 per kg while that in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad have been hiked by Rs 1.80 per kg. With this move, the new consumer price in Delhi would be Rs 39.90 per kg while in NCR towns, it would be Rs 45.10. ...
07:23 PM, Jan 04, 2013
German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz today said it will increase prices of all its models in the domestic market by up to three per cent effective January 14 to offset the rising input costs and currency fluctuation. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Chennai: French auto-major Renault plans to increase prices of its automobiles in India by up to 1.5 per cent with effect from January 1, 2013 due to high input costs. "We have to follow suit with the rest of the industry as input costs have gone up tremendously... we are forced to pass on some of the burden to our customers as high input cost, coupled with high inflation are...
04:00 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Surajkund: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday justified recent "difficult" decision to hike prices of petroleum products and asked Congress cadres to have confidence in these measures arguing these were necessary. "We have to make all out efforts to change the conditions that affect the rapid growth of the country's economy," he said addressing a dialogue meeting of top Congress leaders in this picnic town on the outskirts of the...
11:46 PM, Nov 09, 2012
