India's oil import cost < $70, but fuel prices may stay high - why?

[Saloni]

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/business-news/petrol-diesel-price-today-june-30-india-crude-oil-import-bill-drop-us-iran-war-11705693

[Rajat]

Because some people are ready to pay 200 rupees for a litre of mostly sugarcane juice just because a leader said so.

[Dev]

We used to compare with Pakistan, and they even managed to bring the price down.

[Prakash]

Politicians aren't wrong; the ones who vote for them are. The country is built by its people, and voices like ours are in the minority while the majority don't care.

We may not know which religion is in danger, but the middle class is definitely at risk because of the lower class.

[Kalpana]

Just to make Ambani richer.

[Gauri]

Because the government claims to protect the common man, yet prices keep rising only to fill their own coffers, not ours. It's shameful to question them.

[Pavithra]

Set the fuel price at 1000 for the blind followers, problem solved.

[Anita]

The high taxes fund the rewards that the central government hands out to voters.

[Niraj]

Because it took nearly 70 days for the government to hike pump prices.