Consumption of kerosene in the first half of a year has dipped to record lows amid high prices as more homes increasingly turned to cooking gas.
An analysis of data shows that use of kerosene dipped 47 percent to 23.1 million litres from 43.6 million litres while consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) rose by 17 percent to hit a record high of 195,450 tonnes in the same period from 167,080 tonnes.
