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“OMCs will have to decide whether to take a price hike or not, but definitely it gives some operational flexibility. Also it gives some comfort in the working tactical management on a day-to-day basis and whether the price hike will be there or not, will depend on what view is taken because the government has cut the excise duty with a view to control the inflation.”