Petrol at Rs 100: PM Modi says lowering import dependence
NEW DELHI: On a working day when petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday mentioned the center-course would not have been burdened if the prior governments had focussed on cutting down India's energy import dependence. Without referring to the relentless enhance in retail fuel prices, which are linked to international charges, he reported India imported in excess of 85 for each cent of its oil wants in the 2019-20 money year and virtually 53 for each cent of its gasoline requirement. "Can we be so import dependent? I do not want to criticise everyone but I want to say (that) experienced we focussed on this subject matter previously, our center-class would not have been burdened," he mentioned at a operate to inaugurate oil and fuel jobs in poll-certain Ta...