Petrol Diesel Rates: The government is going to take a big step to deal with the inflation due to crude oil prices. For the first time, it has been decided to extract 50 lakh barrels of oil from the emergency reserve of crude oil. However, the time to extract oil has not come yet. As soon as the decision came to the fore, attacks on the government have started. The opposition is asking the question whether the country is running on emergency stock only. ALSO READ | The 13th ASEM Summit to be held on 25-26 November
TMC leader Yashwant Sinha tweeted and said, 'India has not
touched oil reserves even in this worst period. These strategic reserves are
for national defence and not for reducing the price in the market. I am
surprised by the decision to withdraw oil from the reserve. Congress
spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh said, "Withdrawing money from RBI's
contingency reserves, withdrawing money from people's homes by demonetisation
and withdrawing crude from contingency reserves, have they become synonymous
with 'Achche Din'."
Actually, crude oil is imported from abroad for the petrol
and diesel available daily. Whereas the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is kept
stock for emergencies. So that it can be used at the time of natural disaster,
or national security. Let us tell you that India has a stock of about 38
million barrels of crude oil at three locations on the East and West Coast. Of
this, 50 lakh barrels will be released. If we look at the consumption in India,
then it will extract from the oil reserve equal to the consumption of only one
day. At first glance, it seems that it will not have an effect on inflation,
but it is not so.
America
will extract ten times the oil reserves than India
At the same time, America has also decided to extract 50
million barrels of oil from its reserves. America is extracting two and a half
times the daily consumption of crude oil from its reserves. America is
extracting ten times more oil from its reserves than India. The price of oil in
America has increased one and a half times in one year. The US President has
announced that soon it will have an effect on the prices of petrol. US
President Joe Biden said, 'Even after our joint efforts, the problem will not
be solved overnight, but it is going to make a difference. After some time, you
will see the difference if you go to fill the oil.
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On the other hand, Britain has decided to remove 1.5 million
barrels of oil from its reserves. The same decision can be taken by China,
Japan and South Korea. This will increase the supply of crude oil. This will
reduce the prices of petrol and diesel, which will have a direct impact on
inflation. In fact, after the Corona period, the demand for crude oil increased
worldwide, but oil producing countries did not increase production, due to
which inflation has become a problem for the world. It is expected that this
will bring the price of crude oil around $ 70 per barrel worldwide, which will
have a direct impact on you and our pockets, but the eyes will also be on the
next step of the oil producing countries.