RTI Requests

After price reduction in petrol in Dec11 when exactly did Oil marketing companies started making under recoveries on retailing petrol. And when the prices of petrol has been deregulated and they have been given power to increase or decrease the same fortnightly , why did they waited so long for all elections and assembly sessions to complete before raising the prices on 23 May12. What meetings, telephonic conversation, email, fax were exchanged with the oil ministry in period Dec11 to 25 May12 on the question of price rise. Details of the above meeting, telephonic conversation, email, fax are required.

In the interest of the economy, Oil marketing companies and common people wouldn’t it was better idea to raise the price in steps after oil marketing companies started under recoveries after Dec11, so that economy could have adjusted these price rise gradually and common people won’t get shock of Rs7.5/litre increase in price of petrol in single day and under recoveries would also has been on lower side. And was this done to give an edge to ruling party in elections.