A video showing flames erupting at a petrol pump has gone viral, with social media users expressing serious concern over public safety after two men were arrested in connection with the incident.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said it is being found difficult to charge a market price for luxury cars and a subsidised price for farmers and transport trucks at the same petrol pump.
The Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT), an umbrella body which claims representation of most of the 42,000 petrol pumps in the country, today said its members have not gone on strike and fuel stations were operating normally.
To promote penetration of insurance in the country, IRDA today proposed to rope in kirana shopowners, chemists shops and petrol pump operators to sell micro insurance products.
Supply of petrol and diesel are likely to take a hit next week, as the petrol station owners have decided to join the all India strike call given by the Federation of All India Petroleum Traders on April 23.