India fuel demand falls 5% in Feb
Diesel, the most used fuel in the country, fell 8.5 per cent to 6.55 million tonnes while petrol consumption was down 6.5 per cent to 2.4 million tonnes
PTI | March 12, 2021 | Updated 22:33 IST
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India s fuel consumption fell for the second month in a row in February to its lowest since September as record-high prices hindered demand recovery. Petroleum product consumption fell 4.9 per cent to 17.21 million tonnes in February as demand for both petrol and diesel fell, according to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
Petrol and diesel prices across the country rose to their highest levels last month before state-owned fuel retailers put on hold any further price increase ostensibly to contain political fallout for the ruling party in the ensuing assembly elections in states like West Bengal.