Petrol, Diesel Prices Fall: Fuel Prices Below Rs 100 In Many Cities; check petrol price

The cost of a liter of diesel that day was Rs 86.67. The Delhi government has not announced any reduction in VAT. Diesel price in the financial capital was retailing at Rs 94.14 for a liter after the price cut, and was also unchanged. The price of one liter of diesel in Kolkata was fixed at Rs 89.79. In Chennai, diesel was priced at Rs 91.43 per liter, while in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a liter of diesel would cost Rs 90.87.

The states which have cut Value Added Tax are mostly BJP or NDA ruled states. Punjab and Rajasthan are the only two Congress-ruled states that have reduced taxes on their part. However, some Congress-ruled states had not cut VAT and demanded a further reduction in central excise duty.

Among the states that have not reduced VAT so far, the Congress and its allies have ruled Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu. AAP-ruled Delhi, TMC-ruled West Bengal, Left-ruled Kerala, TRS-led Telangana and YSR Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh have also not deducted VAT in their regions.

Here are the petrol price and diesel price in some Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities of the country:

Mumbai

Petrol – Rs 109.98 per liter

Diesel – Rs 94.14 per liter

Delhi

Petrol – Rs 103.97 per liter

Diesel – Rs 86.67 per liter

Chennai

Petrol – Rs 101.40 per liter

Diesel – Rs 86.67 per liter

Kolkata

Petrol – Rs 104.67 per liter

Diesel – Rs 89.79 per liter

Bhopal

Petrol – Rs 107.23 per liter

Diesel – Rs 90.87 per liter

Hyderabad

Petrol – Rs 108.20 per liter

Diesel – Rs 94.62 per liter

Bangalore

Petrol – Rs 100.58 per liter

Diesel – Rs 85.01 per liter

Chandigarh

Petrol – Rs 100.12 per liter

Diesel – Rs 86.46 per liter

Guwahati

Petrol – Rs 94.58 per liter

Diesel – Rs 81.29 per liter

Lucknow

Petrol – Rs 95.28 per liter

Diesel – Rs 86.80 per liter

Gandhinagar

Petrol – Rs 95.35 per liter