No plans to cut fuel prices: Deora

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 18:55 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 2 (UNI) The government today said it has no immediate plans to cut retail fuel prices.

''We have no plans to cut prices of petrol and diesel after a duty cut on the fuels announced by Finance Chidambaram in the budget,'' Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said in a conference.

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