New Delhi: Petrol dealers would go on a day-long nation-wide strike on Friday, April 13, to press for their long-standing demands, including five per cent margin on invoice value.
The strike, which has been called by the Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT), will begin from April 12 midnight.
"Currently, we get a commission of one per cent per litre. This rate has remained fixed for the last 10 years," FAIPT secretary Ajay Bansal said. "Petrol prices have been touching the sky, but we have never benefited from that. We want this to be hiked to five per cent of the total invoice value," he says.
FAIPT has also demanded that the government must stop imposing fines on losses due to evaporation of petrol. The dealers have asked for the appointment of an appellate authority to which dealers can direct their demands and issues.
FAIPT says the petrol dealers will go on an indefinite strike from April 27 midnight if the Petroleum Ministry did not meet their demands. The FAIPT has already submitted a memorandum listing their demands to the ministry, but no action has been taken yet, Bansal claims.
For some time, the petroleum dealers have been demanding revision of anti-dealer clause in MDG-2005 in line with the discussions with oil industry.
Other demands of the petrol dealers included a marker testing equipment to enable dealers to detect the adulteration in fuel supplied and removal of the penal action clause against dealers reporting higher losses beyond current permissible limits.
The federation has already set a deadline of April 10 for the government to resolve these issues, failing which all dealers across the country would resort to a "no purchase, no sale" campaign on April 13.
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