The sales of gasoline or petrol were at 2.69 million tonnes, which is 13% higher than that in 2020.
LPG was the only fuel the consumption of which crept up compared to April
Fuel demand fell 1.5% to 15.1 million tonnes despite the low base of May 2020 and was down 11.3% when compared to the previous month
Since April 2020, its consumption steadily rose till March this year before it dropped in April
Fuel consumption fell 9.38% to 17.01 million tonnes in April from 18.77 million tonnes in March, data from Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed
While petrol sales had reached pre-COVID levels a few months back, diesel was up 7.4% year-on-year in the first half of March, said Indian Oil Corpora