"gas-price"

This essentially means that bidders may corner gas by offering to pay USD 7, but the buyers will have to pay no more than the ceiling price of USD 3.62.

ONGC is likely to inch up marginally to $1.82 next week while the same for difficult fields like one operated by Reliance-BP may fall below $4, sources said.

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against price rise.