Live! Hike diesel price by Rs 5/ltr, slash LPG subsidy: Panel

October 30, 2013 16:29

More on that recommended fuel price hike.

Diesel prices should be immediately hiked by Rs 5 per litre, the Kirit Parikh Committee has recommended while favouring reduction of the quota of subsidised LPG to 6 cylinders per household in a year from 9 at present.

The panel has recommended Rs 4 per litre increase in kerosene and Rs 250 per cylinder hike in LPG rates, Parikh told reporters after presenting the report to Oil Minister Veerappa Moily.

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The panel also recommended fixed subsidy of Rs 6 per litre on diesel while favouring deregulation of diesel price in a year's time. The expert group was tasked to suggest a methodology for pricing of diesel and cooking fuel.

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