New Delhi, September 19: Petrol pump dealers have deferred their indefinite strike, which was slated to begin tomorrow to press their demand for an increase in commission on sales of petrol and diesel, by three months.
The strike was postponed following Oil Minister Murli Deora’s decision to form a committee to look into their demands, Federation of All-India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT) General Secretary Ajay Bansal said here.
“Regarding the demand for increasing the dealer’s commission by making it a fixed percentage of the invoice value, a committee will be set up under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary (Marketing), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and comprising of director (marketing) of IOC, BPCL and HPCL,” he said.
The decision to form the committee was taken during a meeting chaired by Deora on Friday.
–Agencies