Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 10 in 2 weeks
Highlight
- Petrol price in Delhi will now be Rs 105.41 per liter
- Diesel price in Delhi increased from Rs 96.67 per liter to Rs 95.07
- Petrol will now be sold at Rs 120.51 (increased by 84 paise) in Mumbai
Petrol and diesel prices in Delhi were hiked by 80 paise a liter on Wednesday, taking the total increase in prices over the past two weeks to Rs 10 a liter.
According to the price notification of state fuel retailers, the price of petrol in Delhi will now be Rs 105.41 per liter from Rs 61 earlier, while the price of diesel has increased from Rs 96.67 per liter to Rs 95.07.
Petrol in Mumbai will now be sold at Rs 120.51 (an increase of 84 paise), while diesel will cost Rs 104.77 (an increase of 85 paise).
Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state based on local taxation events.
This is the 14th increase in prices since the end of a four-and-a-half-month-long hiatus in the rate revision on March 22.
Meanwhile, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that although the recent Russo-Ukraine war has affected fuel prices across the world, India has only recovered by over 50 per cent during April 2021 and March 2022. 5 percent increase. in some developed and developing countries.
Intervening in the short-term discussion in the Lok Sabha on the ‘situation in Ukraine’, the minister dismissed the opposition’s charge that Operation Ganga was ‘Operation Transport’ and not ‘Operation Evacuation’.
The minister, who was one of the special envoys sent to countries bordering Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation of Indians from the war-torn nation, said that the Indian government has taken steps to transport stranded students to the border countries in the final phase of Operation Ganga. Buses were organized in Ukraine for And it cannot be dismissed as ‘Operation Transport’.
Referring to the rising petrol prices, the minister said, “We are not the only country affected by the war.