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Prices of diesel may go up by Rs 4-5/ltre

May 28, 2012

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New Delhi, May 28: After a steep hike in petrol prices last week, the government is bracing itself to bite another bullet on diesel front whereas there are indications that there may be a slight cut in petrol price.

A ministers’ meeting on controlled fuel, coming anytime after May 31, may decide on a Rs 4 to Rs 5 per litre rise in diesel prices.

Official sources said the hike could be in the range of Rs 4 to Rs 5 per litre on diesel, although the demand was somewhere around Rs 12 per litre.

“The huge subsidy on diesel, LPG and Kerosene has almost thrown government’s finances in a disarray and the revision is warranted in order to check that,” the sources said on condition of anonymity.

The state-owned oil companies currently are losing Rs 512 crore per day on selling diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene. Diesel is currently sold at a loss of Rs 15.35 a litre, kerosene at Rs 32.98 per litre loss and oil firms lose Rs 479 on sale of every 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinder.

However, there was no reason given behind why the meeting would take place only after May 31, but analysts said that the government battling a backlash from within and outside due to a steep Rs 7.50 a litre hike in petrol prices, is perhaps buying time to let frayed nerves cool before calling the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), where UPA’s allies and critics of price hike, the TMC and DMK, are also represented.

The EGoM on oil headed by Pranab Mukherjee was due to meet last week. The ministers’ meeting on revision of diesel, LPG and kerosene prices has not taken place since July 2011.

Petrol price cut

Amid protests and a call for an opposition-sponsored bundh on May 31, a slight revision in petrol prices is possible before this month end, a little ahead of the next revision cycle for petroleum prices.

“We are planning to revise petrol prices as the global crude has stabilised in the past fortnight. The volatility in rupee is still posing some problem, but we will see how far it can be done,” a top source from one of the leading oil companies told Deccan Herald.

“The revision may even come before May 31,” he said without giving details of how much cut could be effected. But sources said the cut could be to the tune of Rs 2 to Rs 3.

Oil companies revise petrol prices on the 1st and 16th of every month on the basis of average international price of crude and exchange rate during the previous fortnight.

A day after the steepest ever hike to the tune of Rs 7.50 per litre in petrol prices, Indian Oil Company chairman R S Butola had said the firms will pass on the benefit to consumers in the next revision cycle as the international oil prices showed some softening trend.

But, analysts are reading the possible revision ahead of the schedule as government’s strategy to avoid any confrontation with the Opposition.

Aware of widening price difference between petrol and diesel, the finance ministry is looking at the possibility of raising excise duty on diesel cars, a demand which was overlooked in the Budget 2012-13.

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July 25,2020

New Delhi, Jul 25: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has made key appointments in its different commands all across the country including formations that look after operations along the borders with China and Pakistan.

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari has been appointed as the head of the Delhi-based Western Air Command (WAC) which looks after both the crucial borders, with China in Ladakh and all along Pakistan from Ladakh up to Bikaner in Rajasthan.

Chaudhari would be assuming charge of the new office on August 1, replacing Air Marshal B Suresh who is superannuating after a brief tenure of nine months there.

In the Shillong-based Eastern Command, incumbent Air Marshal RD Mathur would be moving to the Bangalore-based Training Command on October 1, he will be replaced by Air Marshal Amit Dev. The Eastern Command looks after the entire Northeastern region including the border with China from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh.

As per the new appointments issued on July 24, Kargil war gallantry awardee Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik would be taking over as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Prayagraj-based Central Air Command.

On October 1, the Air Force would also get a new in-charge of personnel in Air Marshal RJ Duckworth who is presently the SASO in the WAC.

Air Marshal Vikram Singh would be the next SASO of the WAC. Air Marshal J Chalapati-- the officer who had briefed the Supreme Court on the Rafale issue last year, would be the SASO of the Trivandrum-based Southern Air Command.

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May 3,2020

New Delhi, May 3: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that India's COVID-19 mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world and over 10,000 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease so far.

"Today more than 10,000 COVID-19 patients have been discharged. Those still admitted at hospitals are on the road to recovery. If in last 14 days doubling rate was 10.5 days, then today it is around 12 days," the Minister told ANI after visiting Lady Hardinge Hospital.

"Our mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world," he said.

With 2,644 more COVID-19 cases and 83 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number of people infected from coronavirus in the country has reached 39,980 including 1,301 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

Currently, there are 28,046 active cases while 10,633 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured/discharged.

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Agencies
May 17,2020

New Delhi, May 17: With the highest-ever spike of close to 5,000 cases in the past 24 hours, the COVID-19 count in India has crossed 90,000 on Sunday.

With an increase of 4,987 COVID-19 cases being reported in the last 24 hours, the count has reached 90,927, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total number of active cases in the country stands at 53,946 today, while 2,872 deaths have been recorded due to the infection so far, with one patient having migrated. 120 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

However, on the positive side, close to 4,000 patients have also been cured and discharged in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of cured patients to 34,108.

With 30,706 confirmed cases, Maharashtra remains the worst-affected by the infection in the country.

It is followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, with 10,988 and 10,585 cases, respectively.
The national capital, with 9,333 cases, is also one of the regions which is badly affected by the infection.

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