New Delhi, July 19: India’s fuel consumption rose 1.7 per cent to 12.09 million tons in June on back of high demand for auto fuel, official data released here said.
Petrol sales increased 12.7 per cent to 1.24 million tonnes (MT) in June against 1.1 MT a year ago, according to the data.
Consumption of diesel was up 6.9 per cent to 5.19 MT as opposed to 4.86 MT in June 2009.
With the economy growing at over 8 per cent, demand for fuel has soared.
Naphtha demand, however, fell 6 per cent to 753,700 tonnes as gas from Reliance Industries’ eastern offshore KG-D6 fields replaced it as fuel in power plants.
Sales of imported LNG fell 15.5 per cent to 612,400 tonnes as Petronet LNG Ltd did not import any cargo from spot market.
Jet fuel sales rose 10.
–Agencies