Petrol Prices Cut By Only 1 Paisa Per Litre. "Is This A Joke?" Asks Twitter

New Delhi: Indians today woke up to the news that petrol prices have been cut by 60 paise while diesel price were down by 59 paise. The news was welcome relief after 16 consecutive days of steady rise in petrol and diesel prices. However, celebrations were short-lived as the Indian Oil Corporation soon clarified that the actual reduction was only one paisa per litre. Yes, you read that right, one paise per litre. "The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical error the price prevalent on May 25 was communicated as today's price," news agency Press Trust of India cited a senior official of Indian Oil Corporation as saying.

The news of the 1 paisa dip led to many jokes on Twitter, where many vented their frustration at the negligible reduction.  We compiled the best jokes on the 1 paisa cut for you:

Some were sarcastic
 

Indians calculating what to do with the money they'll save after the heavy cut of 1 paisa in Petrol and Diesel prices pic.twitter.com/sI3joyBzXZ

- Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) May 30, 2018

Others were angry
 

I honestly believed the concept of Paisa was dead until I saw the fuel price cut.
1 Paisa reduction = Joke#FuelPriceHike

- KnottyKev (@knottykev) May 30, 2018

And most saw an opportunity for making great memes
 

Government to citizens, after reducing petrol prices by 60 paise pic.twitter.com/ka0kPUQ9o5

- Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) May 30, 2018

1. When you realise petrol prices have dropped
2. By 1 PAISA pic.twitter.com/iIs6KORRcO

- Appurv Gupta-GuptaJi (@appurv_gupta) May 30, 2018

Ek Paisa Petrol Kee Keemat Tum Kya Jaano Ramesh Babu ! pic.twitter.com/mwkbcpWHLe

- Rachit Seth (@rachitseth) May 30, 2018

And jokes
 

After 16 days of hikes, Petrol and Diesel price cut by 1 paisa.#HumFitTohIndiaFit is already showing results

- Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) May 30, 2018

Even Netflix India jumped on the bandwagon
 

Before petrol prices drop: The Walking Dead.

After petrol prices drop by 1 paisa: Still Walking Dead.

- Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) May 30, 2018

As Wednesday morning, petrol prices are at Rs. 78.42 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 81.05 per litre in Kolkata, Rs. 86.23 per litre in Mumbai and Rs. 81.42 per litre in Chennai, according to Indian Oil Corporation. Diesel prices are at Rs.69.3 a litre in Delhi, Rs. 71.85 a litre in Kolkata, Rs. 73.78 a litre in Mumbai and Rs. 73.17 a litre in Chennai.

Last week, the steady increase in the price of petrol and diesel had led to jokes on Twitter as well.