By the way, barrel prices are not determined by our government, but by OPEC

Combined with the explosive growth in automobile sector and the economy as a whole (8%, the highest ever in any plan period. In previous plan period it was around 4.x%) and with India still being the third fastest growing large country in the world, our oil needs have gone up tremendously along with unprecedented consumer spending.
The rupee depreciating (good thing for exports, bad for imports) has not helped either. Couple that with some mis-management by Pranab da in the last budget, we are not in the best of shape.



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