GoM meet on fuel price hike put off

The meeting of group of minister on fuel prices scheduled for Saturday has been put off, even as the core group of UPA alliance is likely to meet on Monday morning and may discuss the issue.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the GoM on fuel prices, had on January 17 indicated 1700 hours on Saturday for re-convening the inconclusive GoM meet of that day.

However, since four of the seven members of GoM are unavailable on Saturday, the meet has been put off, official sources said.

The core group of UPA may meet Monday morning on the issue of raising petrol and diesel prices in view of spurt in international oil prices, may figure during discussion.