‘Fuel prices will come down after winters: Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Union oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday the prices of fuels, which have surged past ₹100 in several cities triggering protests by the opposition, are likely to drop as winter ends and attributed the rising rates to an increase in demand during the season.
“Increase in petroleum price in the international market has affected consumers too. Prices will come down a little as winter goes away. It’s an international matter, price is high due to increase in demand, it happens in winter. The price will come down,” the petroleum minister told news agency ANI.
On Friday, petrol was selling at ₹90.93 per litre and diesel at ₹81.31 in Delhi while the former cost ₹97.34 in Mumbai and the latter was ₹88.44 per litre. In Kolkata, the petrol was priced at ₹94.68 per litre and diesel at 84.20 per litre whereas they were selling for ₹93.98 and ₹86.21 respectively in Bengaluru.
