"Despite the biggest oil crisis, Modi's family was not affected due to his visionary and intuitive leadership. Instead of increasing, petrol prices in India decreased by 4.65 per cent in the last two and a half years," Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri hailed the Modi government.
On Thursday, shortly after the Centre announced reduction in prices of petrol-diesel, Maharashtra and at least another 10 states followed suit. However, Maharashtra cut VAT only on petrol.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the Centre was making efforts to find long-term solutions to tackle the increase in petrol and diesel prices and suggested that India should move to "alternative" fuels.
New Delhi: Price of branded or premium petrol will be cut by over Rs 5 per litre after the government reduced excise duty on the fuel.The government had in 2008 introduced differential duty structure for
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