Question : COST OF PETROL AND DIESEL

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) & (b): The prices of Petrol and Diesel in India and other countries are as under:-

(Indian ` / litre)
Country	Petrol	Diesel
India	68.46#	41.32
Pakistan1	53.32	59.56
Sri Lanka1	61.56	41.36
Bangladesh1	62.25	49.08
Nepal1	74.77	57.91
USA2	50.44	54.55
France2	105.10	77.84
Germany2	111.03	83.36
United Kingdom2	114.42	99.38
Italy2	119.69	93.11

Sources:
1. Price of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal are as per Indian Oil Corporation Ltd statement dated 1.8.2012.

2. Prices of Petrol and Diesel in USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Italy are as per International Energy Agency (IEA) report “End-use petroleum product prices and average crude oil import costs” for July 2012. Average exchange rate of July 2012 is considered to be ` 55.49/$.

# As per IOCL.

It can be observed from the above table, whereas the price of Petrol in India is comparable to many of the countries, the price of Diesel in India is lower in comparison to the neighboring and European countries.