Rise In Prices Of Petrol, Diesel And Gas Prices Will Hurt Industry In Punjab
May15,2026
| Jagrati Lahar Bureau | Ludhiana
We express serious concern over the repeated increase in petrol, diesel and gas prices, which
is directly burdening industry, transport operators, farmers, and MSMEs in Punjab. Punjab
remains a major fuel-consuming state:
Due to locational disadvantage the Punjab has to spend huge money on domestic and
international import and export. The raw material and coal come from eastern zone and finished
material goes in all corners of the country.
The Gobindgarh steel industry is fully dependent on the steel scrap from India and overseas,
this increase in fuel prices will result in increase of transportation costs.
For Punjab, this is not just a fuel issue — it is an economy issue. Higher petrol, diesel and gas
prices push up freight and logistics costs, increase the cost of irrigation and farm operations,
raise production expenses for factories, and squeeze already tight margins for small businesses
and exporters. This is an inference based on Punjab’s high dependence on petroleum fuels and
natural gas for transport, industry and daily commerce.
At Even after the 90% dependency of petroleum on imports. The India failed to promote the
electric vehicles. The Government increased the import duty on solar cells this will badly
impact the solar power revolution in India.
We therefore urge the government to immediately revert the increase in Petrol, Diesel and Gas.
Further the government need to strengthen EV adoption with faster charging infrastructure and
incentives, and accelerate solar and wind deployment so that industry in Punjab and across
India can remain competitive, resilient and sustainable.
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