Across the country as well pump price of petrol and diesel increased on Wednesday but the quantum varied depending on the prevailing tax structure in each state.
Fuel prices touched a new high on Wednesday after oil marketing companies decided to break the momentary pause in the wake of a sudden spike in the global oil prices.
Fuel prices have reached all-time high on Thursday after oil marketing companies hiked the rates. Petrol is retailing at Rs 84.20 per litre in Delhi.
Across the country as well the price of the two petroleum products increased at varied levels depending on the prevalent taxation structure.
The Indian Railways on Tuesday rejected reports of a possible hike in passenger fares, terming the claim "baseless". It said that no proposal was being considered to increase train fares.
The Indian Oil Corporation has left the price of non-subsidised LPG cylinders unchanged at existing levels on January 1. However, the commercial customers will have to shell out an additional Rs 17 per cylinder.
The salary hike would benefit government employees and different types of employees, including Grant-in Aid employees, daily wage employees, Home Guards, Anganwadi workers, contract employees, outsourcing staff, ASHAs, those receiving honorariums and pensioners, he said.
Some of the automakers in the country have already announced price hikes for their vehicle models from January 1, 2021 on account of rising input and material costs besides fluctuations in exchange rates.
Meanwhile, Union Health Ministry said, five states - Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra - account for 56% of total active cases of COVID-19 in the country.
7th Pay Commission: Good news for central government employees! The government is mulling a salary and Dearness Allowance (DA) hike. The employees who are going to get salary hike can start celebrating New Year from today itself. As per updates, this hike in salary and DA will be as per the 7th Central Pay Commission.
Automaker Renault India on Friday said it will increase price of its entire model range by up to Rs 28,000 from next month.
Intern doctors of various government hospitals staged protest in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinders hiked again. The price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder for domestic use increased by Rs 50. Similarly, the price of 5 kg short-cylinder has been increased by Rs 18 and the price of a 19 kg cylinder has been increased by Rs 36.50. In the last 15 days, price of cylinders were hiked twice by Rs 100.
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Tuesday said it will hike prices of its entire range of passenger and commercial vehicles from next month in order to partially offset the impact of rise in input costs.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India will increase prices of its vehicles from January to offset the adverse impact of rising input costs.
IT services major Wipro will give wage hikes to junior employees with effect from January 1, 2021.
Doctors and paramedics in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan took to streets against the government and accused it of discrimination and mistreatment.
Petrol and diesel prices rose for the sixth day in a row on Monday as rates went up by 26-30 paise per litre.
Earlier in October, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did not approve Axis Bank's proposal to raise its stake up to 29 per cent but scaled it down to an aggregate of 19.02 per cent with the subsidiaries of private sector lenders.
Petrol price on Sunday was hiked by 28 paise per litre and diesel by 29 paise, the fifth straight day of increase in rates due to firming international oil prices. Petrol price in Delhi rose to Rs 83.41 per litre from Rs 83.13. Diesel rates went up from Rs 73.32 to Rs 73.61 per litre. Rates crossed Rs 90-mark for petrol and Rs 80 in case of diesel in Mumbai.
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