Petrol pump operators today threatened to go on a one-day strike on April 23 demanding a hike in commission they get on fuel sales.
“It has been decided that all petrol pumps of public sector oil marketing companies in the country shall ob
serve one day protest closure in the first instance from midnight of April 22-23 till the midnight of April 23-24,” Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT) General Secretary Ajay Bansal said here.
Further, FAIPT, which claims to represent dealers of over 40,000 petrol pumps in the country, will go on an indefinite strike from midnight of April 29-30, if their demands are not met.
He said the oil ministry has not implemented recommendation of its own committee that was constituted to go into the issue of commission paid to dealers.
The committee headed by Joint Secretary (Marketing) in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had recommended a dealer commission of 0.39 paise per litre on petrol and 0.17 paise a litre on diesel. But the ministry gave only 0.27 paise for petrol and 0.15 paise for diesel.
“Our demand for 5% commission on the invoice value of petroleum products has been turned down by the committee without any proper reason,” he said.
