grpanesar Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Can anyone throw some light on " Why Govt. charges Import duty on crude oil, petrol & diesel at all?" since these are so much essential commodities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjithchandran Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Delhi is the best city for petrosexuals in India.You have option of Petrol,Diesel,CNG &LPG.Fuels are more cheaper and mostly you will get good quality fuels. You can find 'n' number of company outlets in Delhi.CNG will cost you only Rs.23/Kg in Delhi and it will give aprox.15 % mileage than petrol.But my Ritz's 236 Ltr boot is not good enough to accommodating 12/15 Kg CNG cylinder even i hate to visit CNG Stations and stand 2 hrs for filling CNG. Any i think it will be better to buy CNG cars in future considering the petrol cost. Recent studies shows that exposure to respirable particulates in diesel exhaust is associated with increases in acute heart and lung diseases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonFre Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Petrol prices could go up again in coming days by ~3Rs/L due to Egypt crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddy Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hi what the price of petrol in Europe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjan_c2007 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 The crisis in Egypt has made the oil market jittery. Punters are again having a gala time. Oil has already reached $ 100 per barrel as per today's news.The last revision in petrol prices was done at $ 92 per barrel if I am correct. The Suez Canal controlled by the Egyptian Govt has 8 % of the world's trade (of all commodities) navigating through it. In case of any disruption, oil transport will be hit and that's what is driving the oil prices through the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjan_c2007 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 And the latest is the Libyan crisis that has made crude oil rise to $108 per barrel today.The punters are making hay while Libya is under siege. It has one of the largest reserves of oil in the African continent. And the upward revision of petrol prices in India was done when oil was ruling @ $92 per barrel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durango Dude Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 With 'herd' mentality of Middle East 'Aam' Janta; they all seem to want a change in regime at the same time. The Rs.65/liter price may leap upward and see Rs.90 to 110/liter if hell really breaks loose, if the Middle East decides to collectively want a change of dictators and royalty all at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 @DD: Agreed totally. Only expect a minor duty and / or excise cut in the budget amounting to a huge sum of Re.1 or so. Still I will rather pay up front than pay thrice that amount in indirect taxes to cover the subsidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durango Dude Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 If the Saudi Bedouins join the fray hell will really break loose, what with punters having a field day. Iran's wants do some fishing in troubled waters, from what I gather from todays papers looks like it's developing into a major sectarian strife between shia's and sunni's. Dubai must be letting out a troubled groan what with their economy already faltering, this may be the veritable last straw to break the 'camels' back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb-alto Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 PM promised to keep inflation below 7% by March. Now increase in prices will make things worse. Plus fiscal deficit will be high as new fiscal year approaches. So I guess govt will at least hold things till budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarabjeet Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 watch out guys here comes Libya. Sanctioned ! one less country to sell crude oil now. PS: where are those Brits with artificial petrol ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 US can sanction Libya happily. Gets an insignificant fraction of crude imports from them. Biggest to be hurt will be Italy and the EU, and China. Also, saw on the box that the FM wants market driven pricing for Diesel and LPG. What about K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahul1810 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 IOC losing Rs 3/litre of petrol, but no price hike yet NEW DELHI: State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) today said it is losing about Rs 3 on the sale of every litre of petrol, but will decide on raising prices at an "appropriate" time. The government had in June last year decontrolled petrol pricing, giving state oil firms the freedom to revise rates in sync with crude oil prices. IOC and its sister PSUs, HPCL and BPCL, had last raised rates by about Rs 2.50 a litre in January and have not raised prices since then, despite crude oil prices touching USD 110 a barrel. "We are losing about Rs 3 per litre on petrol," IOC Director (Finance) S V Narasimhan told reporters here. Asked if the government has asked oil companies not to raise petrol prices, he said: "I can't say anything on that... We will revise petrol price at appropriate time." He did not elaborate. In Parliament, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said: "As and when the decision is taken, you will be told about that. I have nothing to say at this moment." Reddy had last week stated that "it was advisable for everybody" to wait for a meeting of Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on fuel prices to meet and discuss the issue. Immediately after that, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan issued a statement to say that "there is no change in the policy of the government regarding pricing of petrol being market-determined." "Oil marketing companies continue to have the freedom to determine the price of petrol," he had said on February 25. While petrol prices have been freed, the EGoM headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is to decide on rates of diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene. "If EGoM on diesel happens, that will happen with your knowledge. You will be informed," Reddy told reporters today. Narasimhan said IOC was losing Rs 217 crore per day on selling diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene below cost. IOC loses Rs 12.56 per litre of diesel, Rs 24.74 per litre of kerosene and 297.80 per domestic LPG cylinder. The company is projected to end the fiscal with a cumulative revenue loss of Rs 42,876 crore due to subsidised sales of diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene. "We hope EGoM will take a decision soon (on diesel prices)," he said. Together, the three state-run fuel retailers are projected to end the fiscal with a revenue loss of Rs 77,645 crore. Source:ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Depending on whom you choose to believe petrol should go up by Rs.2 or 4. This is Delhi, so we all pay more. Am I hallucinating? Heard the FM say that all subsidies will be paid to the BPL folks direct to the bank starting 1/4/2012. The mechanism is still to be put in place. Nilekani is looking into it. Does this mean the end of the subsidies in Kerosene & Diesel as well as Fertilizers! sgiitk2011-03-01 16:53:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjan_c2007 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Heard the FM say that all subsidies will be paid to the BPL folks direct to the bank starting 1/4/2012. The mechanism is still to be put in place. Nilekani is looking into it. Does this mean the end of the subsidies in Kerosene & Diesel as well as Fertilizers! LPG,kerosene and fertilisers is also in the radar of the Nilekani Committee. It is to submit the report by June 2011, as I have read. Its not diesel this time, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjan_c2007 Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Fuel prices are again in the news.The lull in hikes was due to the elections that are being held as of now. There is news of hikes (even in diesel prices) after the polls. Diesel prices have not at all been hiked since the two recent petrol price hikes that were made and now the price difference between petrol and diesel is about Rs 21 to Rs 22 per litre. Crude oil prices have again touched $ 108 (Nymex) per barrel now. Brent crude sells for a higher price.  The last petrol price was effected in India, when crude oil ruled @ $ 92 per barrel.The PSU oil companies are free to rev up the petrol prices (now decontrolled), but require a formal clearance from the Union Petroleum Ministry to hike or reduce its price. Prices of other fuels like diesel, kerosene and LPG are still government controlled. anjan_c20072011-04-15 16:05:49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLF Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Another hike in petrol prices was in horizon but didn't know next month it is coming. I always feel that Diesel prices should be decontrolled as it makes no economic sense these days as more private vehicles are diesel powered than commercial vehicles due to subsidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 They are just waiting for the elections to be over. So much for free pricing and no govt intervention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vr.46 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Get ready boys. Petrol to go up by Rs 5. I'm considering buying a horse/bull sometime soon. Some other reports say diesel price will be increased by Rs 18 to match global prices.  This brings me to the inevitable question. Does the current ruling party think that every "aam Aadmi"  is a relative of some Policeman or politician? If price's are to go up after elections by Rs 5 for petrol and rs 18 for diesel everything will literally shoot up, mark my words, shoot up everyones . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_nishu Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 As heard in News today, Only LPG & Diesel prices are planned for price rise which is going to happen very soon.  Get ready boys. Petrol to go up by Rs 5. I'm considering buying a horse/bull sometime soon. Some other reports say diesel price will be increased by Rs 18 to match global prices.  Rs.5 price rise for Petrolseems to be authentic considering the jumps it had taken in last few months since its Deregulated but Rs.18 price rise for Diesel which is highly Subsidized is almost impossible, However it might get sharp jump in BS-IV cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 as per todays news paper(loksatta) petrol & diesel will increase by 3/- another bad news is auto loan interest rates are increased. petrolium prices are going up but no one demands to decrease the duties,taxes on these.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durango Dude Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 In the last 14 months my car has traveled just 4000 kms, and while negotiating city traffic I always hold on to a lower gear so can fill gaps easily and overtake at will; this is not helping mileage much too. As my running is paltry, I think I can absorb the shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Rs.3 for petrol and 2.50 for diesel appears to be on the cards Plus whatever local taxation is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahul1810 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oil companies plead for Rs 6/litre hike in petrol pricesNEW DELHI: Chief executives of state-run oil companies have rushed to Delhi to seek Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy's support in raising petrol prices by 5-6 per litre after the government unexpectedly deferred a decision on raising diesel' date=' cooking gas and kerosene rates. Petrol prices have been deregulated, but oil firms were selling the fuel at Rs 8 less than international rates in recent months as the oil ministry had informally asked them to hold back a price hike until assembly elections ended on May 10. Senior executives of the three oil firms confirmed that petrol prices were likely to rise after the meeting with the minister. "Any hike is expected only after 24 hours," said one executive, who did not want to be named. Oil companies had taken for granted that the panel of ministers would raise prices of kerosene, cooking gas and diesel for the first time since June last year. Since then, crude oil has risen from $75 a barrel to $124 a barrel before slipping over $16 last week. Despite the fall, crude oil is still a quarter more than the level in June. The government, struggling to combat stubbornly high inflation , has been reluctant to raise fuel prices despite the soaring subsidy bill, fearing that such a move would stoke inflation and upset voters. Reddy has demanded 26,000 crore more from the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to make sure state oil firms do not report a loss in 2010-11 . The government gave a cash compensation of 21,000 crore to IndianOil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum for their revenue losses in the first three quarters of the previous financial year. The companies suffered a revenue loss of about Rs78,000 crore in 2010-11 on account of selling fuel below market rates. The oil companies are also concerned about the finance ministry's proposal that the government's compensation to these firms be limited to Rs 30,000 crore. "Losses in 2008-09 amounted to Rs 103,000 crore and it will be about Rs 206,000 crore this fiscal. The EGoM cannot cap the fuel subsidy without allowing firms to raise prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG," an oil ministry official said, requesting anonymity. Reddy said the EGoM headed by the finance minister was postponed "for the convenience of some ministers" and it would be called between May 17 and 19. Officials said the meeting was deferred as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee would be busy with the post-election scenario in West Bengal. [/quote'] Source:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-05-11/news/29532302_1_petrol-prices-oil-firms-oil-companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 I think the fuel price deregulation is a big joke. If the OMCs have to look at the papa in South/North block then where is the deregulation (currently supposedly for petrol)? Also, saw reports of some bigwig commenting that Tata & Mahindra are lobbying hard to keep diesel prices far lower than petrol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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