Overview
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday that the state has ordered major oil companies to exempt healthcare, agriculture, food-supply services, public utilities and tea gardens from the container or barrel diesel restrictions.
- Retail fuel outlets have been told to allow purchases for eligible users with basic identity or institutional documents and to ensure smooth, hassle-free supply at pumps.
- The government has raised daily purchase limits for qualifying customers to ease access for stationary equipment such as irrigation pumps, backup generators and estate vehicles.
- Officials framed the move as an immediate fix to severe operational problems reported by farmers, hospitals and emergency-service providers who said the earlier curbs disrupted daily work and services.
- The reversal corrects rules introduced under the previous TMC administration and is intended to prevent wider economic and service disruptions in agriculture and the tea industry.