Petrol price in Delhi touched an all-time high of ₹105.14 per liter and ₹111.09 per liter in Mumbai.
Petrol and diesel prices on Friday hit their all-time high across the country as fuel rates were again hiked by 35 paise per litre.
According to the price notification of the state-owned fuel retailers, the price of petrol in Delhi touched an all-time high of ₹105.14 per liter and ₹111.09 per liter in Mumbai.
In Mumbai, diesel now comes for ₹101.78 per litre; Whereas in Delhi its price is ₹ 93.87.
This is the second day in a row of 35 paise per liter hike in petrol and diesel prices. There was no change in rates on October 12 and 13.
This is the 14th increase in petrol prices and the 17th increase in diesel prices since the end of a three-week long hiatus in rate revision in the last week of September.
While the price of petrol is already above Rs 100 per liter in most parts of the country, diesel prices in a dozen states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar have crossed that level. have crossed. , Kerala, Karnataka and Leh.
Prices vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.
Barring a minor price change policy, state-owned fuel retailers have started passing on major cost events to consumers from October 6.
This is because the international benchmark Brent crude is trading at $84.61 a barrel for the first time in seven years.
A month ago, Brent was trading at $73.51.
Being a net importer of oil, India keeps petrol and diesel prices at par with international prices.
The jump in international oil prices ended a three-week hiatus in rates for petrol on September 28 and diesel on September 24.
Since then, the rates of diesel have increased by ₹ 5.25 per liter and that of petrol by ₹ 4.25.
Earlier, the price of petrol was increased by Rs 11.44 per liter between May 4 and July 17. The rate of diesel was increased by Rs 9.14 during this period.
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