“The government has given the Kovid vaccine to millions of people for free. It has gone door-to-door distributing medicines and making Kovid treatment free. It is clear that fuel prices in UP have not increased much compared to other states.” ANI reports that Upendra Tiwari said.
He said fuel prices have not gone up much and petrol and diesel prices are very low compared to per capita income.
Compared to pre-2014 statistics, per capita income has doubled during the Yogi-Modi government. Rejecting the opposition’s criticism of the fuel price hike, the minister said the government had ensured the supply of petrol, diesel and electricity to the people.
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At the same time, fuel prices in the country are still rising. Petrol and diesel prices are at record highs. The increase is 35 paise each. In Delhi, petrol was priced at Rs 106.89 per liter and diesel at Rs 95.62 per liter.
In Mumbai, petrol can be bought for Rs 112.78 per liter. Petrol price here is 34 paise higher. Diesel price rose by 37 paise to Rs 103.63 per liter.
In Chennai, a liter of petrol will cost 31 paise more at Rs 103.92. On Friday, a liter of diesel was priced at Rs 99.92, up 33 paise.
In Kolkata, petrol is priced at Rs 107.44 per liter and diesel at Rs 98.73 per liter. In Bhopal, petrol is priced at Rs 115.54 per liter and diesel at Rs 104.89 per liter.
Oil companies, including Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum, are revising petrol and diesel prices. New prices will take effect every day at 6 p.m. States and cities have different fuel prices depending on the value added tax, local and freight rates.
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