NEW DELHI : India’s fuel demand rose 2.1% in October compared with the same month last year.
Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 17.78 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.
Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 4.5% higher from a year earlier at 2.65 million tonnes.
Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 2.6% to 2.42 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 17.1% to 1.30 million tonnes.
