Examples of use of administered price
1. The state–administered price of petrol and diesel, frozen since September, was adequate to compensate refiners if crude oil prices fall by $20 a barrel, officials said.
2. The state–administered price of petrol and diesel, frozen since September, would be adequate to compensate refiners if crude oil prices fell by $20 a barrel, officials said.
3. India raised the administered price of petrol and diesel by 7 per cent on Tuesday, matching a similar increase in June, to partly compensate refiners hit by losses due to expensive crude.
4. The report says it is important to depoliticize the issue of hydrocarbon pricing by actually dismantling administered price mechanism combined with a policy to make kerosene available at affordable prices.
5. Oil firms are clamouring for lower taxes and higher retail prices as global oil prices have soared, but domestic fuel prices have been frozen since September, when the administered price of petrol and diesel was raised 7 per cent.