Lok Sabha Question No. 1509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Diesel and Petrol Price Hike
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## Diesel and Petrol Price Hike

## 1509. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  intervened  to  stop  the  price  rise  of  petrol  and  diesel  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the price of petrol and diesel has not gone up during the last one and half months as per the price of international markets, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has any statistics regarding revenue generated through the sale of petrol and diesel;
- (d) if so, the details of revenue generation during the last twelve months, month-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has any statistics regarding consumption of petrol and diesel in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details of consumption during the last twelve months, month-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) & (b): Prices  of  petrol  and  diesel  have  been  market-determined  with  effect  from 26.06.2010 and 19.10.2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decisions on pricing of petrol and diesel in line with their international product prices, exchange rate, tax structure, inland freight and other cost elements.

(c) & (d): The  details  of  revenue  generation  during  the  last  twelve  months,  month-wise  are given below:

|   S.No. | Month           | Total Excise revenue for Petrol and Diesel (in Rs. Crore)   |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | January,2021    | 36,649                                                      |
|       2 | February, 2021  | 34,049                                                      |
|       3 | March, 2021     | 37,307                                                      |
|       4 | April, 2021     | 35,038                                                      |
|       5 | May, 2021       | 28,780                                                      |
|       6 | June, 2021      | 30,362                                                      |
|       7 | July, 2021      | 34,733                                                      |
|       8 | August, 2021    | 31,833                                                      |
|       9 | September, 2021 | 30,439                                                      |
|      10 | October, 2021   | 35,220                                                      |
|      11 | November, 2021  | 27,043                                                      |
|      12 | December, 2021  | 27,564                                                      |

Source: Ministry of Finance.

(e) & (f): The  details  of  consumption  of  Petrol  and  Diesel  during  January,  2021  to December, 2021 are given below:

(Quantity in TMT: (P))

| Products   |   Jan |   Feb |   Mar |   Apr |   May |   Jun |   Jul |   Aug |   Sep |   Oct |   Nov |   Dec |
|------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Petrol     |  2611 |  2472 |  2740 |  2386 |  1991 |  2409 |  2630 |  2692 |  2598 |  2750 |  2646 |  2816 |
| Diesel     |  6806 |  6569 |  7225 |  6676 |  5533 |  6195 |  6135 |  5609 |  5516 |  6618 |  6507 |  7305 |

(P):  Provisional,  Source : Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

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