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Petrol price cut by Rs 1.15, diesel up 50 paise

November 1, 2013

Petrol_priceNew Delhi, Nov 1: State-run fuel retailers on Thursday cut petrol price by Rs 1.15 a litre, excluding local taxes, the second reduction in a month that would help spread some cheer ahead of Diwali.

As expected, the retailers also raised diesel price by 50 paise a litre in line with the government's January decision to go for small revisions every month till the gap with the market rate is wiped out.

The new prices will be effective from the intervening midnight of Thursday and Friday. For petrol, the actual cut at pump level will be Rs 1.38 from Rs 71.02 in Delhi due to incremental reduction in VAT. Similarly, it will cost Rs 78.04 a litre in Mumbai against Rs 79.49.

Diesel price in Delhi has been hiked by 56 paise to Rs 53.10 per litre, while it will cost Rs 60.08 in Mumbai, up from Rs 59.46.

This is the 10th hike in diesel price and should have brought the fuel's rate to market level. But the rupee's devaluation widened the gap between government-controlled retail and market prices to Rs 14.50 per litre. After Thursday's hike and the recent hardening of the rupee, the gap is pegged at Rs 9.58.

Petrol rates were last reduced on October 1 by Rs 3.05 per litre, or Rs 3.66 after including VAT in Delhi. This was the first cut since June and came after seven increases aggregating Rs 10.80 per litre, excluding VAT, or Rs 13.06 after including state tax as the rupee depreciated sharply against the dollar.

"Since the last price change, international prices of petrol have declined marginally from about $113 per barrel to about $112. The rupee-dollar exchange rate has appreciated from around Rs 63 to a dollar to around Rs 62. Both these factors have resulted into a reduction in prices of petrol," IndianOil Corporation, the nation's largest fuel retailer, said in a statement.

Besides diesel, oil firms are losing Rs 35.77 per litre on sale of kerosene and Rs 482.50 per 14.2-kg domestic cooking gas cylinder. These are lower than Rs 38.32 and Rs 532.50 loss incurred last month.

At current rates, IOC projected a revenue loss of Rs 71,200 crore on sale of diesel, cooking gas and kerosene for the 2013-14 fiscal. If figures for all the three retailers are taken together, under-recovery would be Rs 135,900 crore.

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July 20,2020

Jaipur, Jul 20: In a startling revelation, Rajasthan Congress MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga has claimed that rebel leader Sachin Pilot offered him Rs 35 crore to switch to the BJP but he refused. 

Speaking to the media in Rajasthan capital Jaipur, Malinga, who represents Bari constituency, said he had informed Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about Pilot’s “offer”.

“I, too, had offers but I refused. I had spoken to Sachin ji, he asked me to switch sides and I refused. This is a wrong thing, I will not do it for money,” Malinga said.

“I said that when we left Bahujan (BSP, in 2008), where one has to give money to get a ticket, whereas in Congress and BJP, that is not the system. I was offered a lot of money. Sachin Pilot had said money is not an issue, you ask what you want and you will get… Rs 35 crore or more, but I said it is wrong,” he added.

Malinga said he had had the conversation with Pilot 2-3 times, first in December during the panchayat delimitation, and later before the Rajya Sabha elections last month.

He added that the BJP had never reached out to him, and neither had he spoken to them. “I have no animosity with Pilot but I am speaking the truth,” he said.

The state plunged into a political crisis after former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot declared rebellion on 12 July, claiming to have the support of 30 MLAs. By the next day, however, he could not prove the support of more than 18 legislators.

On 14 July, 19 MLAs, including Pilot, were served notices by Speaker C.P. Joshi, who asked them to respond by Friday after a petition filed by the chief whip of Congress sought their disqualification from the state assembly. The party also sacked Pilot and two Rajasthan cabinet ministers from their respective posts the same day.

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April 22,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 22: Eleven more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Kerala with totalpositive cases in the State touching 437on Wednesday.

Two house surgeonsof the Kozhikode Medical college are among those who have tested positive for the virus.

The two had travelled outside the state,Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters.

Kannur reported seven cases, Kozhikode two, while one case each was reported from the districts of Kottayam and Malappuram.

Only one person tested negative.

The state has 127 active cases and 29,000 people are under observation, including 346 in hospitals.

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March 30,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 30: Kerala reported 32

fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday, with the worst affected Kasaragod district alone accounting for 17 cases.

Kannur reported 15 cases, while Wayanad and Idukki reported two each, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here after a COVID-19 review meeting.

Of the 32 cases, 17 had come from abroad and 15 had been infected through contact.

A total of 213 people are presently under treatment in Kerala.

At least 1.50 lakh people are under surveillance in the state and 623 are in isolation wards of various hospitals.

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