Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East impacting global supply chains, the Government of India, the Maharashtra government and public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) — BPCL, IOCL and HPCL — on Friday assured citizens that adequate stocks of petrol, diesel and LPG are available across the state and that supplies remain stable, closely monitored and uninterrupted.“PSU oil companies have successfully maintained uninterrupted supplies despite a substant…
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Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday stated that there has been a significant increase in regional retail fuel consumption compared to typical seasonal patterns, highlighting that the state’s Food and Civil Supplies and Home Departments are jointly overseeing the supply and distribution pipelines.The state has expanded petrol distribution by 23 per cent and diesel by 52 per cent to stabilise market demand, he said.The CM stated that there seems to be hoar…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East impacting global supply chains, the government of Maharashtra and PSU Oil Marketing Companies (BPCL, IOCL, and HPCL), through the State Level Coordinator (Oil Industry), Maharashtra, Mihir Ganesh Joshi, on Monday, assured consumers that adequate petrol, diesel, and LPG stocks are available across Maharashtra. Supply operations are being closely monitored and maintained without disruption.The PSU Oil Marketing Companies a…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge, has strongly criticised the recent rise in fuel prices across the country on Monday, calling it a “daily assault of FUEL LOOT” and accusing the NDA government at the Centre of burdening common citizens. His comments came after fuel prices were hiked again on Monday, the fourth time since May 15. Petrol has become costlier by Rs 2.61 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre.In a post on X, Kharge wrote, “The Daily Assault of FU…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) India’s leading state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — HPCL, IOCL, and BPCL — on Thursday assured customers that petrol, diesel and LPG supplies remain stable across the country, while urging people not to rely on rumours or unverified social media messages regarding fuel shortages.Taking to the microblogging platform X, Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) said fuel distr…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has increased its intake of Russian crude oil to around 41 per cent amid ongoing supply disruptions from the West Asia conflict, a senior company official said on Wednesday.Russian crude now accounts for about 40–41 per cent of total imports, up from 31 per cent in the fourth quarter of FY26 and 25 per cent in the third quarter, said Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta, Director (Finance), BPCL.Gupta said the company has steppe…
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Friday appealed to the public not to panic over fuel availability, stating that there is no shortage of petrol or diesel in the state despite long queues being witnessed at several fuel stations and the closure of several petrol pumps since Thursday. Reacting to reports of panic buying and overcrowding at petrol pumps, the minister said adequate stock of diesel and petrol is available in Odisha…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The marginal Rs 3 per litre hike in petrol and diesel prices announced by the government is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the huge losses that the public sector oil companies are absorbing due to soaring global prices of crude oil, which have crossed $100 a barrel, a senior official said on Friday.The small increase reflects the Centre’s broader strategy of protecting consumers from the full impact of the global oil shock, the official said.Sources said petrol un…
Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) In a significant development for Karnataka, Union Minister for Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday announced the approval of proposals involving the installation of 1,243 EV chargers in the State with a financial outlay of Rs 123.26 crore under the PM E-DRIVE scheme. Addressing a conference on Enabling Nationwide EV Charging Infrastructure under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme, Kumaraswamy said that Bengaluru has emerged as one of India’s leading EV charging hubs and ur…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) More than 97 lakh domestic LPG cylinders were delivered against bookings of around 87.66 lakh cylinders in the last two days, with online bookings for cooking gas rising to 99 per cent, according to an update issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday.The supply of domestic LPG is normal, with 95 per cent of the deliveries based on the authentication code sent to registered mobile numbers of consumers to prevent diversion at the distributor level. No…