Diesel Deregulation

Deregulating diesel prices: A good decision that will be tested when oil prices rise again

One immediate benefit of the diesel price cut will be a slightly lower inflation. On the flip side, this also means that if and when oil prices start to go up, the inflation will start reflecting a higher price of diesel more quickly.

Energy reforms: Here are the stocks that investors are betting on

Investors see the move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a precursor to many more reforms to be set in

Diesel deregulation, election result effect: Sensex jumps over 392 points, Nifty over 100

All the sectoral indices, led by PSU and oil & gas, were trading in the positive territory with gains up to 2.83 per cent.<br />

Memo to Jaitley: Why diesel prices should not be cut without full deregulation

It has taken seven years to end diesel subsidies. So the NDA would be foolish to make the same mistake of the UPA by cutting diesel prices without taking the additional step of full deregulation

Oil ministry likely to approach Cabinet for diesel deregulation

The oil Ministry will approach the Cabinet regarding the possible deregulation of domestic diesel pricing as local prices could soon reach parity with global levels, two ministry sources told Reuters.<br />

Mr Modi, the time for diesel deregulation is now; don't repeat UPA's mistakes

There is no right time for deregulation in oil prices. The UPA kept waiting for eight years and then had to do reform at the worst possible time. Narendra Modi should not make the same mistake

NDA has to choose between bad inflation and worse inflation: the first is better

If the NDA embraces market reforms it may get short-term "bad" inflation; if it does not, it will get something endemic - "worse" inflation. This is the main lesson it should learn from the UPA's economic failures