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Petrol a deregulated commodity: Mukherjee | Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
on Thursday said the decision to hike the petrol price was taken by the oil marketing
companies, as petrol is a deregulated commodity. "Yesterday, I told that it is
the decision of oil marketing companies. Petrol is a deregulated commodity," Mukherjee
told media here. In the steepest ever increase, the UPA-II Government on Wednesday
raised petrol prices by about a massive Rs 7.54 per litre, the first hike in rates
in six months. The hike in prices means that the price of petrol in Delhi will
go up from Rs.65.64 per litre to Rs.73.14 per litre. In Mumbai, the price will
go from Rs.70.66 per litre to Rs.78.16 per litre. In Kolkata, the price will go
from Rs.70.03 per litre to Rs.77.53 per litre In Chennai, the price will go from
Rs.69.55 per litre to Rs.77.05 per litre. State-owned oil companies have decided
to raise petrol price by Rs 6.28 per litre excluding local sales tax or VAT. The
hike translates into Rs 7.50 per litre in Delhi and is the steepest ever. The
decision to hike petrol prices comes a day after the end of the Budget Session
of Parliament.
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