Diesel costlier than petrol at Rs 80.69 in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR : For the first time in the country, diesel is being sold in Odisha at a price higher than that of petrol. On Sunday, diesel was being sold at Rs 80.78 per litre while petrol was being dispensed at Rs 80.65 per litre in the state capital. The price of diesel surpassed that of petrol for the first time here on Saturday when the former was sold at Rs 80.97/litre and the latter at Rs 80.90/litre. Prices of both the fuels have gone down relatively in the last five days.
Traditionally, retail price of diesel is lower compared to petrol due to lower taxes, dealer commissions and base price. In recent months, however, diesel base price, which is the price charged from dealers by oil companies without tax, has gone up by around Rs 5 because of growing global demand for the fuel.
Sanjay Lath, secretary of the Utkal Petroleum Dealers’ Association said the hike in base price absorbed the lower central excise and dealer commission. “Diesel is now costlier than petrol since VAT on both the fuels is the same (26%) in Odisha, unlike many other states,” he said.
According to oil companies’ data, dealers pay approximately Rs 43.49 (without tax) per litre of petrol and Rs 48.02 per litre of diesel. Centre excise duty is Rs 17.80 per litre for petrol and Rs 13.83 per litre of diesel. While dealer commission is around Rs 3.50 per litre of petrol, it is about Rs 2.50 per litre of diesel.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Defeated delimitation bill in Parliament to defend idea of India: Cong leader Rahul Gandhi
Chennai (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the opposition parties defeated the delimitation bill in the Parliament on Friday to defend the "idea of India."
Addressing a poll rally at Ponneri here, he said the BJP-led government at the Centre brought a new bill on April 16, and said they were trying to pass the women's bill, which he said was passed in 2023.
"In the so-called Women's Bill, delimitation was hidden. The idea was to reduce Tamil Nadu's representation in the Union of India... the delimitation move by BJP was to weaken the strength of southern states, small states, north eastern states," he alleged.
"We defeated in Parliament, a bill in which delimitation was hidden; we defeated it to defend the idea of India."
Rahul added that India that is Bharat, is a union of states, and every single state should have a voice, be free to express itself, and protect its tradition.
