"Reconstitution of the empowered group of ministers was necessitated due to the recent reshuffle in the Union Cabinet," a government official said.
The seven-member grouping has seen two changes -- S Jaipal Reddy replacing Murli Deora after taking over as the Oil Ministry, while Kamal Nath has given away to the new Road Transport and Highways Minister C P Joshi.
Other members of the EGoM remain the same -- Chemicals & Fertilisers Minister M K Alagiri represents the ruling United Progressive Alliance's crucial ally DMK, while the NPC is represented by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in the panel.
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are the other members in the EGoM.
The official said though the EGoM has been reconstituted, the panel is unlikely to meet before May 13, when elections to assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will have run their course.
"Diesel pricing is a hugely political sensitive decision and the ruling combine doesn't want to take any chances in the Assembly polls," he said.
While diesel is a commodity whose pricing is explicitly controlled by the government, the rates for petrol -- which was freed from government control in June last year -- have also
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