Fuel demand recovery continues in August, diesel sales 8% less than pre-Covid level
NEW DELHI: India’s fuel demand recovery continued in August as sales of the nation’s most-used fuel, diesel, inched towards pre-Covid levels on easing of pandemic-related restrictions, preliminary sales data showed on Monday.
Petrol sales are already above pre-Covid levels and diesel is 8 per cent short. State-owned fuel retailers sold 0.98 million tonnes of petrol in the first half of August, up 9.4 per cent from the year-earlier period.
