India's fuel demand rises 6.4pc

India's fuel demand rose 6.4 percent in January compared with the same month last year.

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 18.34 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 13.2 percent higher from a year earlier at 2.37 million tonnes.