December petrol sales 13% more than pre-pandemic period, diesel catching up fast

NEW DELHI: India’s petrol consumption in December rose more than 13% from the pre-pandemic level and diesel sales stood just 1.6% short of the same month of 2019 on the back of rebounding economic activity and rising preference for personal vehicles.
Government data shows petrol sales rising more than 4% and diesel consumption, a key measure of economic activity, increasing 1.4% in December from the same period of 2020, reinforcing the trend since October last year.
Sequentially, December petrol sales were 6.6% higher and diesel 13.6% more than in November.