Plan to Deliver Petroleum Products at Doorstep: Dharmendra Pradhan

To beat competition from its own peers and private players HPCL has decided to experiment with dynamic fuel pricing at its fuel retail outlets. 

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Trying to leverage the benefits of information technology, the government is planning to put all petroleum products on the e-commerce platform, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.

"Can we connect oil with IT and telecommunications? We plan to put all petroleum products on e-commerce platform," Pradhan said while addressing the India Mobile Congress in Delhi.

The minister said there are four crore consumers as against one lakh retail outlets for petroleum products.

He also said the industry has an annual turnover of Rs 6.5 lakh crore.