New Delhi (TIP): The government has prohibited industrial, commercial, and institutional customers from purchasing petrol and diesel from retail pumps, urging them instead buying fuel from authorised bulk sale points, according to an official notification issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Friday, June 12.
These regulations are temporary measures, initially valid for up to 90 days, ensuring diesel availability to all retail consumers.
Petroleum Ministry notified the “Motor Spirit and High-Speed Diesel (Temporary Regulation of Supply through Retail Outlets) Order, 2026” to curb black marketing and hoarding of diesel by unscrupulous elements.
It highlighted that the increase was driven by industrial, commercial and institutional consumers shifting to retail outlets due to price gap between retail and bulk sale prices.
Retail fuel pumps in Delhi charge Rs 95.20 per litre, while bulk diesel sales cost Rs 134.50 per liter. Following the West Asia crisis in late February, state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) maintained retail pump prices lower to protect regular consumers from cost increases, which caused the price disparity to expand.
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