Strike deferred: Petrol pumps to stay open today
State-run oil marketing companies on June 8 decided to revise the prices of petrol and diesel daily from June 16 onwards.
The strike of petroleum dealers, which supposed to be held on June 16 over the government's decision on daily price revision, has been deferred.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, however, said the dicision to revise fuel prices daily from June 16 onwards would stay.
Decision to revise petrol/diesel prices to stay, will start from June 16: Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. pic.twitter.com/9CeBrPD0lX
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The
petroleum
dealers
had
earlier
said
that
they
will
not
sell
petro-products
on
June
16.
Petroleum
dealers
were
preparing
to
observe
a
24-hour
bandh
from
the
midnight
of
June
15.
They
are
upset
over
the
government's
decision
to
revise
petrol
and
diesel
prices
every
day
from
Thursday,
June
15.
Dealers from seven states had met Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on June 14, and said that will go ahead with the protest if their concerns are not addressed.
State-run oil marketing companies on June 8 decided to revise the prices of petrol and diesel daily from June 16 onwards.
Currently, the fuel prices are reviewed by the oil companies every fortnight while taking global fuel prices and Rs-Dollar exchange rate into account. A pilot project to review fuel prices on a daily basis was carried out at five locations - Pondicherry, Chandigarh, Jamshedpur, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam - from May 1, 2017.
Experts say that this daily revision of prices may cause problem for the dealers to manage their inventory.
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