The government said that it has no immediate plan to raise the retail prices of diesel, Kerosene and domestic gas (LPG).

Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy told this to reporters after a meeting called by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the impact of fuel price hike on inflation.

Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu was also present at the inter-ministerial grouping on inflation.

Reddy said no dates have yet been fixed for convening a meeting of a ministerial panel to decide on revising rates of diesel, LPG and kerosene.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy said that in the meeting he focused on at the price of diesel and its impact on inflation as a whole.

On the question of hike in excise duty on diesel vehicles , the Minister said that his ministry has already written about this and it is under the consideration of the Finance Ministry.

Regarding dual prices of diesel, Mr. Reddy said that his ministry is not thinking about dual prices at all.