Indian economy is sinking and this COVID-19 shut down has bought it down to the knees. India has started opening which also started a series of price revisions. After a period of 82 days, oil firms began to increase the prices of petrol and diesel across the country.
The first increase was announced on June 7th and today on June 20th it has been 14 consecutive days the prices of oil are going up. In these 14 days the petrol and diesel rates up by ₹7.62 and ₹8.28 respectively.
Petrol price hiked by 51 paise a litre, diesel by 61 paise; rates up by Rs 7.62 for petrol and Rs 8.28 for diesel in 14 days
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 20, 2020
Needless to say, desi Twitter reacted to the announcement with their trademark humor and the latest Atmanirbhar memes. Here are some of the best ones:
After prices got increased by Rs 8.28
Le petrol – pic.twitter.com/tjBHs5cFrO— Ayush Choudhary (@goyal_speaks) June 20, 2020
Every indian right now Rs 8.28 pic.twitter.com/c4D4xVRpYd
— H.S.BHATIA (@MrBhatia19) June 20, 2020
14 hikes, petrol price has gone up by Rs 7.62 per litre and diesel by Rs 8.28 a litre !! 🤦♂️ @PMOIndia @dpradhanbjp pic.twitter.com/hwL2zLfISW
— Aankit jayswal (@ankitjays0411) June 20, 2020
After increased price of petrol by Rs 7.62 and Diesel by Rs 8.28 in 2 weeks
Le sarkaar : pic.twitter.com/EvfpQWdHhg
— Biswadeep paul (@Biswadeeppaul18) June 20, 2020
Rs 8.28 increment in price of petrol in last 14 days.
Le public. pic.twitter.com/aP9H3vK6JA
— harshveer singh (@shaant_ladka_) June 20, 2020
Rs 8.28 increase in fuel price
Government: pic.twitter.com/0Wbzlu2jra
— Rahul_🇮🇳 (@filosper) June 20, 2020
petrol has jumped by Rs 7.62 per litre & diesel by Rs 8.28 per litre in 2 weeks.
Modiji : pic.twitter.com/cq4uJAidDE
— karl rock (@khashtivallabh) June 20, 2020
Rs 8.28 /L increased , Rahul Gandhi Should resign pic.twitter.com/7A2GwkUyBY
— kim Jong un (@MrAnonymousbabu) June 20, 2020
petrol has jumped by Rs 7.62 per litre & diesel by Rs 8.28 per litre in 2 weeks.
What actually they are doing pic.twitter.com/kUoNk2YcfR
— KOM@L SINGH 🇮🇳 (@komalsingh148) June 20, 2020
