As fuel rates continue to increase in India, a newly-married couple received unusual gifts as they were presented petrol and diesel as their wedding gift by friends in Tamil Nadu. Friends of Girish Kumar and Keerthana decided to gift the couple some quantity of petrol diesel as a wedding present.
The government stated that the idea behind reducing the excise duty is to give a fillip to the economy which is recovering from the onslaught of the pandemic.
The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 105.49 a litre and Rs 111.43 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.