Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday defended the government over the hike in fuel prices in the country, saying it is due to the increase in prices in the international market.
He, however, assured that efforts are being made to make fuel available to people at "affordable prices".
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Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, the minister said the prices of LNG in the international market has gone up by "more than 37 per cent" if compared from from April 2021 to February 2022, because of "an unsettled condition and military action in one part of the world following the Covid crisis”.
"Whereas, our increase at the bunk has been only five per cent,” he told the House during Question Hour.
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Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri addressing a press conference in ..
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"I wish a speedy recovery to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Ji. God grant him good health," Puri wrote. ..