Petrol Pumps Declared Holiday on Every Sunday from 14th May: Report
Reports say that petrol pumps declared holiday during Sundays from 14th May onwards. This is a shocking decision from petroleum dealers. The Petrol Pumps holiday will be implemented in few states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. Here are the complete details of Petrol Pumps Sunday holiday. Go through the article to check the details.
Petrol Pumps Declared Holiday on Every Sunday from 14th May: Report
As per the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to less the consumption of fuel, the Consortium of India Petroleum Dealers (CIPD) has taken this decision to declare the holiday on Sundays though it is the hardship for them.
AD Sathyanarayan, President, Consortium of India Petroleum Dealers as saying, “In line with the Prime Minister’s appeal to reduce fuel consumption the CIPD has decided to request its members to declare Sunday as holiday from 14 May 2017,” the Business Standard quoted
Ajay Bansal, president of All India Petroleum Dealers’ Association, has stated that this decision is hardly implementing in few states across the Nation.
“This will create panic. The association that has called for such a move has presence in only Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. We are not supporting this decision, while we also have the same demands to increase,” he told Business Standard.
Consortium of India Petroleum Dealers Declare ‘No Purchase Day’ as per Government Orders
This comes when the Government is yet to accept an approach merchants’ bonus, something that the oil pump dealers will challenge by closing fuel stations on May 10 as no Purchase day.
Prior, media reports had said that petroleum pump dealers had debilitated to take off each Sunday over interest for a higher commission. Actually, oil pump dealers were required to check May 10 ‘No Purchase Day’ as a challenge. The oil pump dealers have said that they will work just for eight hours in a day all over the nation post-May 10. And furthermore, May 10 will be seen as “No Purchase Day.”
The Government has not taken a choice on the issue in which the oil pump owners are requesting higher merchant commission. State-run oil firms had guaranteed higher merchant commission to petroleum pump owners in January to stop their strike.
According to a report in the Times of India, Petrol Dealers’ Association said, “We had withdrawn the strike threat in January after oil marketing companies assured to revise dealer commission rates. But nothing happened in four months.”
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