While the government insists of pricing kerosene at less than a third the price of diesel since the former is supposed to be a poor man's fuel, most experts believe the large difference just leads to more spiking of diesel with kerosene "" with diesel prices rising, the difference has increased even more. Indeed, even the NCAER's sample survey across the country showed leakages from the kerosene PDS supplies of around 40 per cent. Interestingly, India's neighbours do not follow the same policy. In Dacca, kerosene costs as much as diesel and in Pakistan, it is only marginally cheaper.
