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Weak demand for diesel signals a slow rebound for industrial India

The annual growth rate for diesel consumption won't get back to pre-virus levels until the year ended March 2022, said Mukesh Kumar Surana, chairman of Hindustan Petroleum Corp.

The share of diesel variants in passenger cars is receding
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It’s set to be a slow crawl back to pre-virus levels for Indian energy demand with diesel, the most-used fuel, holding back the recovery.
 
While demand for diesel, which accounts for around 40 per cent of Indian fuel use in a normal year, rebounded quickly after the the world’s biggest lockdown was imposed in March, the recovery has since slowed. The annual growth rate for diesel consumption won’t get back to pre-virus levels until the year ended March 2022, said Mukesh Kumar Surana, chairman of Hindustan Petroleum Corp.

Used in factories, construction and agriculture as well as powering the truck

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