Government ‘sensitive’ towards prices of petroleum products: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri

NEW DELHI: The government is “sensitive” towards the prices of petroleum products and is taking all possible steps to address the issue, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday and blamed the Congress for the trend of hike in petrol and diesel prices.

If state governments want, they can lower the prices of petrol and diesel, as a state did so recently, he said in a press conference at the Delhi BJP office. “We are sensitive towards it and are taking possible steps like doing blending of 10 per cent which we are going to raise to 20 per cent. So, we are taking many steps,” Puri said when asked about the rising prices of petroleum products including cooking gas.