India’s public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) are likely to announce a reduction in petrol prices after the meeting of chief executives of the three downstream companies, which is scheduled on November 16. The stability in American dollar and softening international crude oil prices are seen as the chief reasons behind the plans of petrol price cut.
The companies are expected to announce a cut of around Rs 2 per litre in petrol prices, which would come in contrast with the Rs 1.80 per litre petrol price hike effected earlier this month. The price cut once announced will be the first cut in about three years and the first in the eighteen months since the government completely decontrolled gasoline prices in June 2010.
The small window of opportunity to reduce the fuel prices has also emerged due to the softening in Singapore prices, which has partially offset the impact of a declining rupee. According to reports, petrol prices averaged $115.8 per barrel in November against $121 per barrel price taken at the time of the Rs 1.80 per litre hike in petrol price. Also, the rupee has averaged Rs 49.20 per US dollar, which is less than the October average.
State-owned OMCs earlier this month hiked the petrol price by Rs 1.80 per litre, the fourth increase this year, as the rupee fell from Rs 46.29 a dollar to Rs 49.40 a dollar.
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