Front Page   

Rise in fuel prices seems imminent

NEW DELHI: A hike in the prices of diesel and petrol seems imminent.

The Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to meet on June 25 to take a final decision on the issue amid reports that a consensus on fuel hike seems to have emerged among the Congress and its allies. A fuel hike became apparent on Monday when Petroleum Minister Murli Deora wrote a letter to the Chief Ministers to bring down sales tax and VAT on petrol and diesel and rationalise the whole gamut of State taxes on petroleum products.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

BJP in damage control mode
Coimbatore all decked up for grand Tamil meet
Our new website goes fully live on June 24
Rise in fuel prices seems imminent
Oil prices, fiscal deficit major challenges: Pranab
Australia told of concerns over students issue
High Court lawyers argue cases in Tamil
Woman falls for SMS offer, loses Rs. 57 lakh
Flurry of development works
Power unto the language
Klieglights on Classical Tamil
A song on everyone's lips
Criteria for classical language status
Hopes, expectations, opportunities
Times apologises to Pachauri
Steep hike in auto, taxi fares in the Capital
Bench seeks report on lawyers' health
Free bus passes, escort for AIDS patients
Mumbai auto strike called off
Masjid blast: CBI announces reward
Tamang's wife to meet Buddhadeb
Engineering college to get a campus
Vet varsity land on builders' radar?
Now sister of ‘honour killing' suspect found murdered
ISS for three railway stations
Sanction for 57 tourism projects in State

Copyright © 2010, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu