Petrol and diesel prices in India rose above 100 rupees per litre on Friday (February 19) as the country has urged global oil producers to ease production cuts.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the imposition of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) of INR 2.5 per litre on petrol and INR 4 per litre on diesel.

The price of liquefied petroleum gas cylinder (14.2 kg domestic cylinder) has also increased by Rupees 50 per unit across the country on February 14, taking the cost of LPG gas to Rupees 769 per cylinder.

Petrol and diesel prices hiked for the eleventh consecutive day in India and crossed Rupees 100-mark per litre on Friday as India has urged global oil producers to ease production cuts. Indian people anger growing across the country against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. People said, PM Modi is failing to run the government.
Earlier, during her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the imposition of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) of Rupees 2.5 per litre on petrol and Rupees 4 per litre on diesel. The price of liquefied petroleum gas cylinder (14.2 kg domestic cylinder) has also increased by Rupees 50 per unit across the country on February 14, taking the cost of LPG gas to Rupees 769 per cylinder.
Terming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as 'Bhayankar Janloot Party', Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday accused the Centre of looting the citizens by hiking fuel prices when the cost of crude oil across the world continues to drop. (Story by Sumit Saraswat)