CAFPD accused of 'favouritism' in allocating petrol
IFP Bureau1 Jun 2023
Members of All Manipur IOC Retail Outlet Petroleum Dealers Association suspects that some officials of CAFPD are distributing petrol to some particular RO.
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Members of All Manipur IOC Retail Outlet Petroleum Dealers Association suspects that some officials of CAFPD are distributing petrol to some particular RO.
When petrol and diesel prices went up by 35-40 per cent in the United States, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom, and despite importing over 85 per cent of its crude oil requirements and 55 per cent of its natural gas requirements, prices of diesel in India have actually gone down in the last one year.
After the Meghalaya Police department agreed to deploy security, the Assam Petroleum Mazdoor continued to supply oil to Meghalaya.
The All Manipur Nupi Marup demanded the government to decrease the prices of essential items, including petrol and petroleum products promptly.
Petrol in Imphal now costs Rs 101.43 per litre, while diesel is priced at Rs 85.77, according to sources.
Activists of the HYC hung banners and black flags starting from Motphran to the Khyndailad area.
The DYCSH workers assembled at IT Road in Kangpokpi town and took out a rally, raising slogans against the fuel price hike, along the Imphal-Tamenglong Road.
IFP Editorial: Somebody had to raise the issue of price hike in petrol and diesel as it is connected with transportation costs of essential items and everything under the sun. And it is what the Congress has been doing as an opposition party and Manipur Congress happened to be a part of it.
As most of the commercial vehicles are run by diesel, prices of essential commodities is likely to soar under high transportation charges as a result of fuel price hike..
The state government needs to revisit the revision of the VAT expeditiously so that the procedures laid down in the law is strictly followed.
Joykumar was replying to queries raised by opposition MLA Surjakumar Okram during the question hour of the ongoing budget session of the House.
The NPP termed the fuel price hike as "anti-people".
"Amid the pandemic, the people across the country have been suffering due to the outbreak of COVID-19. On the other hand, the BJP government has hiked the price of petrol and diesel."
"Despite the price of crude oil per barrel decreasing to 34.63 US dollars, the increase in price of petrol and diesel consecutively for 19 days has added more woes to the poor farmers of the country."
Instead of helping the people, especially the poor, PM Modi and his government continue to give hardship to the people of India by not only raising fuel rates daily but also refusing to share benefits of lower crude oil prices with people,” president of the MPYC, Richard M Marak said.