Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed the previous governments for the rising price of fuels in India as the petrol price in the country reached more than Rs 100.
According to a report by PTI, the Prime Minister said if the previous governments had focused on reducing India's energy import dependence on foreign nations, it would not have burdened the middle class.
At a time of inaugurating fuel projects in Tamil Nadu, Modi said, "“Can a diverse and talented nation like ours be so energy import dependent.” He added, “I do not want to criticise anyone but I want to say, had we focused on this subject much earlier, our middle-class would not be burdened.”
Meanwhile, the petrol prices in India are costlier than the neighboring countries. The price of petrol crossed Rs 100 per litre on Wednesday. Reportedly, the price of petrol has reached Rs 100.07 in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan.
According to globalpetrolprices.com, petrol in neighboring country Pakistan is being sold at half the price (Rs 51.14 per litre). On the other hand in China it is 74.74 rupees per litre.
Average petrol price in the world is Rs 78.65 per litre. According to the Indian rupee, the average price per liter of petrol in the world is Rs 78.65. The cheapest petrol in India is Rs 83.19 liters in Itanagar, capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
Its price in
Delhi is 89.54 rupees a liter, which means petrol is costlier than the world
average price in India.
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