Oil companies face continued losses of Rs 7-8 per litre on petrol and diesel, with a breakeven point only at crude prices of $85-87 a barrel. Despite recent price hikes, government reluctance to reverse duty cuts and fiscal pressures mean OMCs are absorbing the pain, potentially impacting non-defence capital expenditure.

New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) The four rounds of petrol and diesel price hike, totalling about Rs 7.5 per litre, have trimmed the losses state-owned oil firms were incurring from…

India's state-run oil companies are incurring daily losses of Rs 600 crore despite multiple retail fuel price hikes, driven by persistently high global crude oil prices.