Govt lowers petroleum price, petrol to cost Rs 179 per liter from today

KATHMANDU, June 26: The Nepal Oil Corporation has lowered the price of petroleum as per the direction of the government. The government’s decision came after pressure from several quarters regarding the recent price hike. The government has lowered the price of petrol by Rs 20 per liter and diesel by Rs 29 per liter. With this, the petrol costs Rs 179 per liter and diesel costs Rs 163 per liter from today.

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Price hiked in petroleum goods

The price of kerosene, petrol, diesel and LP gas has increased effective from midnight.

Price hiked in petroleum goods

The price of kerosene, petrol, diesel and LP gas has increased effective from midnight.

India hikes LPG prices, lowers petrol and diesel prices in new price list

KATHMANDU, March 1: India has announced a change in the prices of petroleum products and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), with LPG prices going up while petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, and kerosene prices going down. According to the new price list, the cost of LPG for cooking purpose

PM Dahal instructs to reduce the price of petroleum products

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has instructed the authorities to reduce the price of petroleum products. PM Dahal on Thursday instructed the Secretary for Commerce and Supplies to reduce the price of petroleum products – petrol, diesel and aviation fuel – as the price is gradua

India reduces price of petroleum products: Will the price go down in Nepal?

KATHMANDU, July 17: India has reduced the price of petroleum products. As per the new price list sent by the Indian Oil Corporation, the price of petrol and diesel have been reduced by Rs 15.5 and Rs 16.5 respectively. In recent days, the price of petroleum products have gone down in the international market as well. However, the selling price of petroleum products is unlikely to go down immediately in the domestic market, according to the Nepal Oil Corporation.

As petrol price hikes in India, price likely to go up in Nepal

KATHMANDU, May 17: Few days ago, the government decided to hike the price of petrol to Rs 170 per liter and diesel to Rs 153 per liter. The price is likely to go higher in the coming days. Nepal imports petroleum products from India. According to the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), India has once again hiked the petroleum price. With this, the petrol costs Rs 192.94 per liter to the Nepal government. Prior to this, Nepal was purchasing petrol from India at Rs 184.36 per liter. The price of petroleum products is skyrocketing across the globe following the Ukraine-Russia war.

India hikes petroleum price: NOC

KATHMANDU, March 16: The Nepali Oil Corporation (NOC) has maintained that India hiked the petroleum price once again. As per the reviewed price list received by India, the price of petrol has increased by Rs 16.37 per liter while the price of diesel has gone up by Rs 24.49 per liter, reads the statement of the corporation. With this, NOC is estimated to suffer a loss of Rs 5.30 billion in the next 15 days.  However, NOC has not taken any official decision regarding the petroleum price hike in Nepal.

NOC hikes price of petroleum products

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the price of petroleum products.  Prices of diesel, petrol and kerosene have been increased by Rs 3 per liter while aviation fuel by Rs 5 (domestic) and USD 100 (international).  According to the new price adjustment list released by the state-owned trading enterprise that will come into operation at Wednesday midnight, diesel and kerosene will be sold for Rs 122 per liter each and petrol for Rs 139. Similarly, aviation fuel (domestic) fetches Rs 106 per liter and USD 995 (international).  However, the price of cooking gas has remained intact. “Nevertheless, the NOC is incurring losses worth over Rs 1.8 billion every fortnightly despite price increment in petroleum products,” said its spokesperson Binit Mani Upadhyay.

A heavy hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas

Nearly two weeks after the previous increase, the government once again has hiked the prices of petroleum products including petrol, diesel and cooking gas. The post A heavy hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Students unions obstruct petrol supplies from Thankot Depot

KATHMANDU, July 14: Five students’ unions today staged a sit-in at the Thankot Depot of Nepal Oil Corporation, protesting against the rise in the prices of petroleum products.  The students agitating against the price hike of petroleum products announced the closure of petrol pumps across the country and obstructed the fuel supply from the Thankot Depot.  Nepal Students Union, All Nepal National Independent Students Union (ANNISU-Revolutionary), All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU-Madhav Nepal group), Socialist Students Union (Upendra Yadav group) and Akhil Sixth have forged the alliance to protest the hike of petro products. They gathered at Thankot for the sit-in protest that kicked off at 9:30 am.  According to Depot Chief Abhishek Thakur, the supply has been obstructed with the protest of the students. “The students are gathered in the main entrance to the depot since this morning,” he said.   Today’s protest, however, is not likely to cause the immediate shortage of petroleum products as most of the pumps made the supplies on Tuesday evening.  According to Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ National Association, some petrol pumps in the Kathmandu Valley remained shut today due to the students’ protest while most of the dealers remained open. Petro dealers nearby schools and colleges were shut by the students, said Association chair Leelendra Pradhan.