The title says it all... but still there are finer aspects to this. The prices of fuel have now hit a mind blowing Rs 49.81 here in
47.32 (petrol price in
19.64 (value at supply point) +
14.86 (excise duty + edu. cess - Central Govt.) +
11.91 (States sales tax) +
0.77 (dealer commission) +
0.14 (other charges)
Now i can understand the value at supply point but the other charges seem to make no sense to me. The biggest question to me is to where this money is going? I still am negotiating potholes (and all the other inherent aspects of Indian roads), i still am riding in badly lit roads w/o road dividers, I still am running on standard 87 octane fuel (sub standard in many other countries) …
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
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8 comments:
I agree.. I agree!!! :) Strongly!
hey Sudha, welcome to my blog.
Its high time something is done about this. The 100 liter question would be, WHAT?? :)
Vinay... i dont have anything to do with gasoline here as i always take the subway, but during Katrina the prices jumped almost 250% in some towns..
Prices for fuel are a lot cheaper in the u.s than in India
yeah rama, i too head about the fuel price increase in US. Folks in US are unhappy with the price increase because it was steep and sudden. But here we are unhappy because the price is just too high, though the increase was gradual. But still, towards the end of the day I have to fuel my vehicles……
The roads are bad, but I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep :)
- vinay (on behalf of most Indians)
Yeah the fuel prices have really begun to pinch.. esp on long rides.. but there seems no respite in sight as long as the tensions in middle east continue..
@sumit, welcome to my blog. IMHO one of the people who seem to be least affected by the pertrol price hike is you.. thanks to the riding spirit :)
Hey Vinay,
How are you doing? I came across ure blog by error and after reading it I realized that youre a better writer than most software engineers I have known in my short life!:)
And abt that SBI ATM thingy....I wish it were true! Honestly....
Rose.
hey rose, welcome to my blog :)
Am pleased that you liked the blog…
The snap @ SBI ATM was taken by the roomie and yes, its one hundred percent authentic :)
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