On December 31, 2012, the Indian economy completed its worst year in a decade, with economic growth stagnant at around 5.5 per cent, and inflation stubbornly high at over 7 per cent.
Despite a straight hike of Rs.5 in diesel prices earlier this year, consumption of diesel in Delhi surged by 15 per cent in 2011-12, reflecting the soaring number of diesel vehicles on the Capital'