India's petrol consumption soared 12.3% in April, but diesel sales continued to slide despite the country entering into hectic electioneering for general elections, preliminary data of state-owned firms showed on May 01.
Petrol sales of three state-owned firms, which control 90% of the fuel market, rose to 2.97 million tonnes in April compared to 2.65 million tonnes of consumption in the same period last year.
Diesel demand dropped 2.3% to 7 million tonnes. Demand for the nation's most consumed fuel had fallen 2.7% in March.
