{"id":111897,"date":"2026-05-25T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/fuel-price-hike-fm-says-india-cant-afford-fear-mongering-govt-may-lose-rs-1-lakh-cr-revenue\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:35:50","slug":"fuel-price-hike-fm-says-india-cant-afford-fear-mongering-govt-may-lose-rs-1-lakh-cr-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/fuel-price-hike-fm-says-india-cant-afford-fear-mongering-govt-may-lose-rs-1-lakh-cr-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel price hike: FM says &#8216;India can&#8217;t afford fear mongering&#8217;; govt may lose Rs 1 lakh cr revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that reducing fuel excise duties would cost Rs 1 lakh crore, emphasizing India&#8217;s need for confidence over fearmongering amidst rising petrol and diesel prices. She highlighted the resilience of India&#8217;s domestic economy despite global pressures on fuel, fertilizer, and forex, urging focus on these &#8220;three Fs&#8221;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that reducing fuel excise duties would cost Rs 1 lakh crore, emphasizing India&#8217;s need for confidence over fearmongering amidst rising petrol and diesel prices. She highlighted the resilience of India&#8217;s domestic economy despite global pressures on fuel, fertilizer, and forex, urging focus on these &#8220;three Fs&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":111898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}