India, May 16 -- In what could be a troubling development for household budgets across India, reports are emerging that citizens may soon face a double blow from inflation, as a sharp rise in petrol and diesel prices threatens to drive up mobile recharge bills.

Just days after fuel prices surged by Rs 3 per litre nationwide, raising petrol prices to Rs 107 per litre in major metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru, reports now claim that the telecom sector may be bracing for an involuntary spike in operational costs.

This sudden fiscal pressure has prompted analysts to predict that rising fuel costs could result in a cascading effect that could drive a massive 15 per cent hike in mobile data and voice tariffs as early as June 2026...