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EGoM to meet on diesel price hike this week

May 23, 2011

A week after the steep hike in petrol prices by Rs 5 a litre, the government today said a ministerial panel is likely to meet in the next few days to take a decision on raising diesel, LPG and kerosene rates.

"I think the EGoM meeting on diesel pricing will be called this week," Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who is also a member of the ministerial panel, told reporters on the sidelines of an ICAR-CII event in New Delhi.

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