Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari claimed that Chhattisgarh has immense potential to replace diesel and petrol with bio-fuel.

In a move to tackle the high pollution levels in the Indian capital, the government on Wednesday brought forward the implementation of the Euro-VI compliant cleaner transport fuels in Delhi by two years saying the requirement would now be effective in 2018.

Prices of transportation fuels -- petrol and diesel -- are expected to come down on Wednesday in the wake of the government reducing the excise duty levied on both by Rs 2 per litre.

The Centre on Friday disapproved the decision of some petroleum dealers' associations to keep fuel outlets shut on Sundays from May 14.

"With effect from March 1, 2017, non-subsidised price of LPG cylinder has increased by Rs 86. This is in line with the rise in global LPG product prices," a Petroleum Ministry statement here said.