Oil ministry brass has less than two years` experience
Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi July 18, 2008, 0:24 IST The top five decision makers in the oil ministry collectively have around 20 months of experience in the sector even as India, the third largest consumer of oil in Asia, struggles to keep pace with oil prices, which have doubled in the last one year. The five administrative officers, with backgrounds ranging from steel to personnel and administration, will now have to take crucial decisions on pricing petroleum products that will have a cascading effect on inflation, which has touched a 13-year high.