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India's diesel sales rise 7.4% to 2.84 million tonnes in early March

Indian state fuel retailers' diesel sales rose 7.4% in the first fortnight of March from a year earlier to 2.84 million tonnes, preliminary industry data showed

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Reuters NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian state fuel retailers' diesel sales rose 7.4% in the first fortnight of March from a year earlier to 2.84 million tonnes, preliminary industry data showed on Tuesday.

Petrol sales rose 5.3% from a year earlier to 1.05 million tonnes, the data showed.

 

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Writing by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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First Published: Mar 16 2021 | 11:10 AM IST

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