{"id":48379,"date":"2026-05-25T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=48379"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:56:10","slug":"india-hikes-fuel-prices-again-due-to-middle-east-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/india-hikes-fuel-prices-again-due-to-middle-east-war\/","title":{"rendered":"India hikes fuel prices again due to Middle East war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>India hikes fuel prices again due to Middle East warIndia&#8217;s state-run fuel companies raised petrol and diesel prices for the fourth time in 10 days on Monday, as the Middle East war strains supplies to the world&#8217;s fastest-growing major economy.<\/p>\n<p>Automobile fuel prices have increased by five percent since the war broke out in February, prompting Iran&#8217;s near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy corridor.<\/p>\n<p>India, the world&#8217;s third-largest oil buyer, normally sources about half of its crude through the vital waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel rates vary across the country but prices have broadly been increased by a little over two rupees ($0.02) after the latest adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>In New Delhi, petrol prices rose to 102.12 rupees from 99.5 rupees, while diesel is now at 95.20 rupees.<\/p>\n<p>The hike comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said restrictions on fuel use were necessary to save foreign currency spent on imports.<\/p>\n<p>India has ramped up imports of Russian crude to plug gaps in supplies from the Middle East, ship-tracking and import data show, following a temporary US waiver on sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, minister for petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri said oil marketing companies had taken a hit on their revenues &#8212; losses of up to $120 million per day &#8212; but assured &#8220;uninterrupted energy imports and supply&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India hikes fuel prices again due to Middle East warIndia&#8217;s state-run fuel companies raised petrol and diesel prices for the fourth time in 10 days on Monday, as the Middle East war strains supplies to the world&#8217;s fastest-growing major economy. Automobile fuel prices have increased by five percent since the war broke out in February, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48380,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48379\/revisions\/48380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}