Fuel price rises for 11th consecutive day, petrol crosses rs 90-mark in delhi

Petrol and diesel prices continue to rise across the country, including Delhi-NCR. Oil marketing companies have also raised the prices of petrol and diesel on Friday. In Delhi, the price of

petrol has increased by 31 paise per litre and diesel by 33 paise. After the increase, petrol stood at Rs 90.19 per litre in the national capital, whereas, diesel stood at Rs 80.60 per

litre. Also, the price of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders (14.2 kg domestic cylinder) has increased by Rs 50 per unit in Delhi on February 14. Against the ongoing debate on LPG subsidy,

companies have increased the price of domestic LPG. The price of 14.2 kg LPG gas cylinder has increased by 50 rupees in Delhi. The new price of domestic LPG has been implemented from 12 pm

on Sunday night. After the increase in the price of LPG, the people of Delhi will now have to pay Rs 769 for a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder.  While addressing an online event to inaugurate oil and

gas projects in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focussed energy import

dependence of the country. PM also informed that India imported over 85% of its oil needs in the 2019-20 financial year and nearly 53% of its gas requirement. PM said, "Can we be so

import dependent? I don't want to criticize anyone but I want to say (that) had we focussed on this subject earlier, our middle-class would not have been burdened." On the other

hand, due to continuous increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, there is increasing resentment among the people. Opposition parties, in particular, have taken an aggressive stance

against the central government over the increase in oil prices. The Congress party is also preparing for a protest in Delhi. Also, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ram Singh 'Netaji'

on Thursday, on rising prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and food items, said that if the central government did not take any measures to control fuel price hike, soon all the residents

would agitate in Badarpur assembly constituency.