For the last 41 days, there has been no change in the prices of petrol and diesel on Tuesday, May 17. Petrol and diesel prices were last hiked by 80 paise per liter on Wednesday, April 6, taking the total increase in prices in 16 days. 10 per litre.
petrol price in delhi 105.41 per liter while the price of diesel 96.67, as per the price notification of state fuel retailers. One liter of petrol will be charged in Gurugram 105.86 more 97.10 for one liter of diesel.
In Chennai, petrol and diesel prices are down 110.85 more 100.94 per liter. Petrol price in Kolkata is 115.12 and diesel is 99.83. One liter of petrol will be charged in Bangalore 111.09 and one liter of diesel will cost 94.79.
India’s petrol and diesel consumption picked up in May along with a pick-up in economic activity that coincided with the start of the harvesting season, helped by a return of demand, a preliminary industry data showed on Monday.
Petrol sales during the first half of May grew by 14 per cent over the same period last month, while diesel demand grew by 1.8 per cent. LPG, the cooking gas which saw a decline in consumption last month due to higher prices, registered a growth of 2.8 per cent in sales during May 1-15.
Petrol sales by state-owned fuel retailers, which control nearly 90 per cent of the market, stood at 1.28 million tonnes during May 1-15, up 59.7 per cent over the same period last year and 16.3 per cent over the same period of 2019. percentage was higher. Preliminary industry data is shown.