Petrol and Diesel Rate Today, 8 January: Fuel rates unchanged; Check prices in Delhi, Mumbai, other cities Petrol and Diesel Rate Today in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad: Fuel prices remain unchanged on 8 January 2023 (Sunday), keeping costs steady for about seven months now. In Mumbai, petrol is retailing at Rs 106.31 per litre, and diesel is selling at Rs 94.27 per litre. In the National Capital, petrol price is priced at Rs 96.72, while diesel is retailing at Rs 89.62 per litre, respectively. The last country-wide change in fuel rates was on 21 May last year, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slashed excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and Rs 6 per litre on diesel.Petrol, diesel prices in Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Noida, Gurugram Chennai: Petrol rate: Rs 102.63 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 94.24 per litreKolkata: Petrol rate today: Rs 106.03 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 92.76 per litreBengaluru: Petrol rate: Rs 101.94 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 87.89 per litreLucknow: Petrol rate: Rs 96.57 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 89.76 per litreNoida: Petrol rate: Rs 96.79 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 89.96 per litreGurugram: Petrol rate: Rs 97.18 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 90.05 per litreChandigarh: Petrol rate: Rs 96.20 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 84.26 per litreMumbai: Petrol rate: Rs 106.31 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 94.27 per litreDelhi: Petrol rate: Rs 96.72 per litre, Diesel rate: Rs 89.62 per litre Export of petrol by Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) rose 142% in a year between 2020-21 and 2021-22, while there was a miniscule rise of less than 1% in export of diesel during the same period. According to official figures, the OMCs exported 668 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) of petrol in 2021-22, which was 142 per cent more than 276 TMT of petrol exported by the country in 2020-21. Any changes in petrol and diesel costs are implemented from 6 am every day. The prices of petrol and diesel change state by state, depending upon various criteria such as Value Added Tax (VAT), freight charges, the local taxes, etc. Public sector OMCs includingBharat Petroleum CorporationLtd (BPCL),Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)andHindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)revise their prices daily in line withinternational benchmark pricesand forex rates.
Logistics, good or bad, are driven by the states and the commerce ministry has a LEADS (Logistics Ease Across Different States) report, based on perceptions. The 2023 version was released in December. Since states are heterogenous, in the reporting, they are divided into four groups—coastal, landlocked, north-east, and UTs. States that do well are called achievers. Nomenclature matters. Thus, states that are middling aren’t called average. They are called fast movers. States that are sub-par are called aspirers. Let me highlight coastal states, since 75% of export cargo is estimated to originate from them. Among coastal states, ones that do well are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The ones that lag are Goa, Odisha, and West Bengal. While India’s logistics performance may have improved over time, that’s not true of every state. Some have slipped. Most states have a state-level logistics policy, including Goa and Odisha. West Bengal, bottom of the pecking order in the coastal category, doesn’t have one. To quote from LEADS 2023, “Looking ahead, the State (West Bengal) could benefit from formulating a State Logistics Master Plan and State Logistics Policy to drive efficiency improvements and facilitate investments within the logistics sector and undertake consultation with the logistics stakeholders for educating and informing them about the initiatives State is undertaking for the development and improvement of logistics sector.”
Logistics has been talked about for a long time and India has also focused on improving performance. We are now getting some precise data on measurement and quantification. That helps.
Bibek Debroy, chairman, EAC-PM. Views are personal.