8th April, 2003
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas  


PRICES OF PETROL & DIESEL IN THE POST-APM PERIOD


RAJYA SABHA

The Administered Pricing Mechansim for the petroleum sector was dismantled effective 1st April, 2002. The details of revisions in the retail selling prices of petrol and diesel per litre at Delhi post 1st April 2002 are as under:

Effective Date

Motor Spirit

(Petrol)

Increase/

Decrease

HSD

Increase/

Decrease

As on 1.4.2002

Rs. 26.54

 

Rs. 16.59

 

4.6.2002

Rs. 28.94

(+)2.40

Rs. 17.99

(+) 1.40

16.6.2002

Rs. 29.18

(+)0.24

Rs. 18.23

(+) 0.24

16.8.2002

Rs. 29.00

(-)0.18

Rs. 18.05

(-) 0.18

1.9.2002

Rs. 29.20

(+)0.20

Rs. 18.34

(+) 0.29

16.9.2002

Rs. 29.66

(+)0.46

Rs. 18.68

(+) 0.34

1.10.2002

Rs. 29.91

(+)0.25

Rs. 18.91

(+) 0.23

17.10.2002

Rs. 30.24

(+)0.33

Rs. 19.23

(+) 0.32

1.11.2002

Rs. 30.26

(+)0.02

Rs. 19.25

(+) 0.02

16.11.2002

Rs. 29.57

(-)0.69

Rs. 18.57

(-) 0.68

1.12.2002

Rs. 28.91

(-)0.66

Rs. 18.06

(-) 0.51

3.1.2003

Rs. 29.93

(+)1.02

Rs. 19.07

(+) 1.01

16.1.2003

Rs. 30.33

(+)0.40

Rs. 19.47

(+) 0.40

1.2.2003

Rs. 30.71

(+)0.38

Rs. 19.84

(+) 0.37

1.3.2003

Rs. 32.10

(+)1.39

Rs. 21.21

(+) 1.37

16.3.2003

Rs. 33.49

(+)1.39

Rs. 22.12

(+) 0.91

The above information was given by the Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Santosh Gangwar, today in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.