New Delhi: Government is considering a new initiative of delivering petrol and diesel at home. This plan for home delivery of petroleum products to consumers is under consideration as people faces long queues at petrol pumps during peak hours.
This facility will not only cut the waiting time in the long queues at petrol pumps but also solves the problem of congestion on roads.
According to the tweet by oil ministry this services will be available if pre-booking is done for petroleum products.
On Friday, oil ministry tweeted, “Options being explored where petro products may be door delivered to consumers on pre booking.
This would help consumers avoid spending excessive time and long queues at fuel stations”.
“Options being explored where petro products may be door delivered to consumers on pre booking” @dpradhanbjp (1/2)
— Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (@PetroleumMin) April 21, 2017
“This would help consumers avoid spending excessive time and long queues at fuel stations” @dpradhanbjp (2/2)
— Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (@PetroleumMin) April 21, 2017
Petrol, diesel prices to change every day
Come May 1, petrol and diesel prices will change every day in sync with international rates, much like what happens in most advanced markets.
A pilot for daily revision of petrol and diesel price will be first implemented in Puducherry, Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Udaipur in Rajasthan, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and Chandigarh
State fuel retailers currently revise rates on 1st and 16th of every month based on average international price of the fuel in the preceding fortnight and currency exchange rate.
Instead of using fortnightly average, pump rates will reflect daily movement in international oil prices and rupee- US dollar fluctuations.