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| date | type | title | severity | description |
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| 2026-02-15 | crisis | Hormuz tensions drive crude to USD 100+ | 5 | Indian Basket crude climbs sharply through February-April 2026 on Strait of Hormuz disruption. Pump prices held flat; under-recovery grows. |
| 2024-03-15 | policy | First OMC-led price cut in 22 months | 3 | Petrol and diesel cut by Rs 2/L at the pump. Pre-election timing. |
| 2022-07-01 | policy | Windfall tax on crude producers | 4 | Government introduces Special Additional Excise Duty on domestic crude and export cesses on petrol/diesel/ATF. First such tax in India. |
| 2022-05-22 | excise_change | Excise cut: petrol Rs 8/L, diesel Rs 6/L | 4 | Partial rollback of earlier COVID-era hikes, citing global inflation. |
| 2022-02-24 | crisis | Russia invades Ukraine | 5 | Brent jumps above USD 100/bbl. Indian pump prices held flat for several weeks during state election cycle despite under-recovery. |
| 2021-11-04 | excise_change | Excise cut: petrol Rs 5/L, diesel Rs 10/L | 4 | Diwali-eve central excise cut in response to rising crude and election pressure. |
| 2020-05-06 | excise_change | Excise hike: petrol +Rs 10/L, diesel +Rs 13/L | 5 | Largest single-step excise increase. Retail prices held flat despite Brent falling to near single-digit levels. |
| 2020-03-14 | excise_change | Excise hike: petrol +Rs 3/L, diesel +Rs 3/L | 4 | Central excise raised as global crude prices collapsed during early COVID, preventing retail prices from falling. |
| 2017-06-16 | policy | Daily dynamic pricing begins | 5 | OMCs switch from fortnightly to daily retail price revisions for petrol and diesel. The source of all data on this site starts here. |
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