<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root available-locales="en_US," default-locale="en_US"><static-content language-id="en_US"><![CDATA[<p>An Indian government committee headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet on Friday to discuss raising diesel, liquified petroleum gas and kerosene prices, a finance ministry official said on Thursday.<br><br>"The meeting is scheduled tomorrow afternoon to discuss raising diesel prices," the official, who declined to be named due to sensitivity of the issue, told Reuters.<br><br>He said the oil ministry was expected make a proposal on the hikes at the meeting.<br><br><br><br>(Reuters)</p>