India's fuel demand rose 12.1 per cent in November compared with the same month last year.
Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 16.64 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.
Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 14.3 per cent higher from a year earlier at 2.03 million tonnes.
Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 16.5 percent to 1.88 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 6.9 percent to 1.08 million tonnes.
Sales of bitumen, used for making roads, were 23.3 per cent up, while fuel oil use edged up 12.6 per cent in November.
(PTI)
