Diesel sales continue to be below normal but have shown a month-on-month increase, according to provisional data from state-owned fuel retailers who control 90 per cent of the market.Petrol sales in September rose 2 per cent year-on-year and were up 10.5 per cent over the previous month.Diesel sales continue to be in the negative territory, with demand falling 7 per cent year-on-year.
But the demand was 22 per cent higher over August 2020.This is the first time that petrol sales in the world's third-largest oil importer have risen since the March 25 nationwide lockdown crippled economic activity and sent demand plummeting.Petrol sales rose to 2.2 million tonne in September as compared to 2.16 million tonne in the same month last year and.