Power cut-induced surge in demand during the second half of 2011-12 in both retail and bulk consumer segments pushed up diesel sales in the country by eight per cent over the previous fiscal. For the state-owned oil marketing companies, however, there was little to cheer as the growth only added to the mounting under-recoveries. Oil companies put the under-recovery at Rs.14 for every litre sold by them.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/power-crisis-drives-diesel-demand-8-2011-12
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/n-ravi-kumar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-oil-corporation-ioc
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bharat-petroleum-corporation-bpcl
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hindustan-petroleum-corporation-hpcl
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diesel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cars
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy