Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry soon to finalize fuel price hike: Moily

05 Jan 2013 Evaluate

The Kelkar committee had recommended an immediate hike in price of diesel by Rs 4 per litre, kerosene by Rs 2 a litre and LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is yet to finalize a proposal to raise fuel prices, particularly diesel, said the Oil Minister Veerappa Moily at an Assocham event. The Kelkar committee had recommended an immediate hike in price of diesel by Rs 4 per litre, of kerosene by Rs 2 a litre and of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder.

The Kelkar Committee, which was appointed by Finance Ministry to suggest a roadmap for fiscal consolidation, has suggested immediate hike in fuel prices and complete deregulation of diesel prices by start of 2014-15 fiscal and also the prices of other subsidized products such as domestic cooking gas and kerosene. 

Moily has said that his Ministry was processing a proposal to increasing the cap on supply of subsidised domestic cooking gas cylinders to nine per household in a year from current limit of six. 'That (Vijay Kelkar committee recommendation on deregulating diesel and raising kerosene and LPG rates) is a proposal. It is still at proposal stage. The Ministry is only processing that report and we are yet to take a decision,' stated Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily.

However, as per some media reports, Minister did not indicate a price hike soon, a proposal based on Kelkar Committee recommendations will be taken to Cabinet soon and rates will go up if it is approved. Earlier, a panel headed by former Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh suggested de-regulation of fuel prices. After the recommendations, petrol pricing was freed from Government control in June 2011.

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