Earlier, Mayawati termed the cabinet expansion of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state an effort to mobilise voters on the basis of caste
Diesel price on Monday was hiked again by 24 to 26 paise per litre. This is the third increase after the state-owned oil firms ended a three-week hiatus in rates.
Siddaramaiah added that the taxes on diesel should be reduced from 74 pc to 50 pc.
Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on September 13 said that blaming Congress for the fuel price hike is totally false and lame.
The Congress party has been attacking the govt over the rise in petrol, diesel and LPG prices and has been demanding reduction in them by removing some of the taxes imposed by the central govt.
Domestic LPG cylinder has been hiked by Rs 25, taking the price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi to Rs 884.50. The new rates are effective from today.
Central Government is very sensitive to this issue (fuel price rise) but it is also very sensitive to see the other responsibilities that we have, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said.
In the national capital, diesel was sold for Rs 89.27 per litre, 20 paise lower than the previous level. Petrol price was at Rs 101.84 per litre.
The price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder will now cost Rs 859.50 in Delhi-NCR.
Congress MP DK Suresh on July 20 cycled to the Parliament, the second day of the Monsoon session, to protest against the rise in prices of fuel and other commodities.
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at the Centre over its tax collections on petrol and diesel.
Petrol prices in the Mumbai rose to Rs 107.83 per litre on July 19, The price of diesel in the city was Rs 97.45 per litre.
Across the country as well, Petrol price increased in the range of 30-40 paise per litre, while diesel prices remained unchanged.
The petrol prices were hiked in India on July 15 while diesel rates also followed a similar trend. Petrol price in the national capital rose to Rs 101.54 per litre on Thursday. Diesel sold at Rs 89.87 per litre. In Mumbai, the retail price of both petrol and diesel stood at Rs 107.54 and 97.45 respectively. As for Bhopal, petrol price stood at Rs 109.89 per litre and diesel cost Rs 98.67 per litre. Kolkata reported Rs 101.74 per litre for petrol and Rs 93.02 per litre for diesel.
The Left parties have given a six-hour bandh call in Odisha on Thursday against the steep fuel price hike.
The Congress party slammed BJP-led NDA Government over rising prices of fuel.
The LPG prices have doubled in the last 7 years. An LPG refill which cost Rs 410.50 per cylinder on March 1, 2014, now costs Rs 834.50, which is more than double.
The protests were held in Dum Dum, Central Avenue and Chetla areas of Kolkata, Canning in South 24 Parganas, Chinsurah in Hooghly, and Malda, besides other parts of the state.
Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy has increased milk prices in Delhi-NCR and other cities by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Sunday on rising input cost. The milk prices were last revised in December 2019. Justifying the hike, Mother Dairy said that procurement cost of milk from dairy farmers has gone up by 8-10 per cent in the last one year. Other operational costs have also risen. On July 1, Amul hiked milk prices by Rs 2 per litre across all cities.
Mother Dairy said it is "compelled to raise its liquid milk prices by Rs 2/litre in Delhi-NCR with effect from July 11, 2021."
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