People will get some relief in coming months: Hardeep Puri on fuel price rise

The government is very sensitive to the issue of the rise in fuel prices, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday, asserting that people will get some relief in the coming months.

International oil prices are slowly coming down and stablising, the minister added, addressing a press conference here.

“The central government is very sensitive to this issue…I see that in the coming month’s relief will come,” he told reporters, replying to a query if any relief can be expected in the near future.

Puri, however, defended the government on the consistent rise of fuel prices in the country, saying the Centre imposes an excise duty of Rs 32 per litre and the revenue thus generated is spent on various welfare schemes.