For the third day in a row, the oil companies have once again increased the fuel rates. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked on Saturday. Fuel prices have already reached record all-time highs.
Recently, petrol was hiked by 25 paise and diesel by 17 paise. In the national capital, petrol price has touched Rs 91.17 per liter. Diesel price has gone up to Rs 81.47 per liter. In Mumbai, petrol went up by Rs 97.57, in Kolkata by Rs 91.35 and in Chennai by Rs 93.11.
In Hyderabad, a liter of petrol costs Rs 94.79 and diesel Rs 88.86. Fuel prices have risen for 16 days so far this month. Petrol and diesel prices fluctuate at six o’clock every morning. Excise duty on petrol and diesel, including dealer commission and other taxes, is doubling.
In the same fashion the LPG cylinder rates have also been hiked. The subsidy beneficiaries are not even getting a rebate of Rs 50 in general. No one knows if it being credited to the bank accounts.
The delivery boys are taking Rs 30 per cylinder at the door step. This is directly making a big hole into the pockets of salaried class. The vegetable rates have also gone as the production is coming down for the summer.
Good rice is costing more than Rs 50 per Kg. The monthly budgets are just going up by the day and there are no achche din for the people in general.
The bankers are not allowing the people withdraw more than Rs 5000. It is our money but they are imposing restrictions. In the name of Covid the bankers are postponing the work.
You don’t get messages, you cannot withdraw, the ATMs don’t work and there is no proper of your money in banks. They blame it on bank mergers, soft ware updation, migration so on and forth.