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The Indian government has rejected automakers’ plea to postpone the introduction of Bharat-III fuel, and has asked oil companies to sell cleaner petrol and diesel in Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra by 1st June. Goa has started selling the cleaner fuel from 1st April 1, 2010. The petroleum ministry has assured the Environment Pollution Authority [...]

Way to many price hikes happening in the automotive world, so why should oil companies stay behind. Citing the need for cleaner fuel for Bharat Stage IV engines, oil companies will hike petrol price by 41 paise and diesel price by 26 paise. This is already the second price hike this year (the earlier one [...]

The Indian Government has setup a committee to ensure supply of Euro-IV petrol and diesel in 13 major cities. The 13 major cities are Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Agra, Solapur and Lucknow; and Euro-III fuel to be made available in the rest of the country from 1st [...]

Following are the new rates of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG in four metro cities Cities. Current price New Price Decrease PETROL: Delhi 45.62 40.62 5.00 Kolkata 47.16 44.05 3.11 Mumbai 49.80 44.55 5.25 Chennai 49.66 44.24 5.42 DIESEL: Delhi 32.86 30.86 2.00 Kolkata 33.92 33.21 0.71 Mumbai 36.69 34.45 2.24 Chennai 34.98 32.82 2.16 [...]

An indefinite strike called by 14 Public Sector Unit (PSU) oil companies have lead to the disruption of production at four refineries of Indian Oil Corporation and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. Drivers from Mumbai and Delhi reported of the non-availability of petrol and diesel at their local pumps and have been tanking up their [...]

With the cost of a barrel of oil decling the Government has decided to cut fuel prices. Petrol will now be cheaper by Rs. 5 and Diesel will be cheaper by Rs. 2. Time to burn some rubber. Fuel Prices Reduced