NewzVille Desk
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has notified the “Motor Spirit and High-Speed Diesel (Temporary Regulation of Supply through Retail Outlets) Order, 2026” to curb black marketing and hoarding of diesel by unscrupulous elements.
These regulations are temporary measures, initially valid for up to 90 days, ensuring diesel availability to all retail consumers.
The current situation is one of uneven extraordinary demand growth in some retail outlets due to shifting of bulk diesel volume to PSU Oil Marketing Retail Outlets.
This is driven by industrial and direct or institutional and commercial consumers who have been shifting their procurement from their dedicated consumer pumps to retail outlets due to the difference between bulk and retail diesel prices.
The other reason is that private Oil Marketing companies’ sales exhibited a decline of around 58% in HSD sales during May 2026 due to higher prices fixed by them.
The data for the month of May 2026, as compared to the corresponding period last year, reveals a significant surge in diesel sales through PSU OMCs Retail outlets wherein 327 districts recorded more than 10% growth, with 80 districts seeing a growth exceeding 30%.
The new regulatory measures are specifically designed to protect retail consumers from inconvenience caused by intermittent supply issues at retail outlets.
These measures will not affect citizens in any way given the fact that for the average person driving a car or riding a two-wheeler, the 200-litre cap is far beyond what any private vehicle would need.
