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Impact of Fuel Price Deregulation in India

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Impact of Fuel Price Deregulation in India

Introduction
Empowered group of Ministers on Friday, 25th June 2010, took a decision to decontrol the petrol prices increasing it by 3.50 per litre & that of kerosene by Rs 3 a litre. While petrol is mainly used by the middle class for cars, kerosene is used by the poor for power.
Diesel prices rose by Rs 2 per litre and might be freed up in the future. Cooking gas prices were raised by Rs 35 a cylinder.

Govt. has indeed taken a bold step by deciding to decontrol prices of Petrol & increase the prices of Petrol, diesel and Kerosene prices. However, this move of UPA govt. is likely to have some implications. In these tough times, when, rising inflation is a continuous cause of concern, …show more content…

This too has contributed to the fiscal deficit.

Fiscal Deficit
How the fiscal deficit shall decrease in the long run can be understood with the help of following equation;

We know that

Y = C + I + G + (X-M)
Here,
Y: GDP or National Income
C: Private Consumption Expenditure
I: Private Investment Expenditure
G: Govt Expenditure on Consumption and capital formation
X: Export
M: Import

Also
G = Taxes – Subsidies – Govt. Expenditures

For India G is negative at the moment to the extent of 4.12 trillioin rupees. In other words, the revenues generated by the govt. through taxes are less than the expenditures it has incurred.

Now, since subsidies have been reduced therefore Govt saving shall increase which may then be put into some other use. However, withdrawal of subsidy would also mean more private consumption and less private savings but that is not going to have any impact on Fiscal deficit which is nothing but Govt. Income (Taxes) minus Govt. Expenditure.

Impact on retail oil market
The threat of diminishing market share looms large before the state owned firms such as Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd, which control more than 95 per cent of about 40,000 refined fuel pumps operating in India although they will gain from market rates of gasoline and diesel. State-run retailers were anticipating a revenue loss of $24.4 billion this year, based on an

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