Petrol, Diesel Price Today: petrol and diesel rates State-owned oil retailers have continued to hike fuel prices for the ninth time in the last 10 days. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise per liter today, taking the total increase in rates in the last ten days to Rs 6.40 per litre. Petrol and diesel prices in Delhi today stand at Rs 101.81 per liter and Rs 93.07 per liter respectively – an increase of 80 paise. The price of petrol and diesel in Mumbai is Rs 116.72 per liter and Rs 100.94 (an increase of 84 paise).
Petrol price in Chennai is Rs 107.45 and Diesel price is Rs 97.52, which is an increase of 76 paise. Petrol in Kolkata costs Rs 111.35 per liter and diesel costs Rs 96.22 per liter.
Prices were stable since November 4, ahead of assembly elections in five states, the cost during this period crude oil It rose by about $ 30 per barrel. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has attributed the rise in fuel prices to disruptions in supply chains and the consequent rise in global oil prices due to the war in Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the daily hike in fuel prices. Gandhi said PM Modi’s daily to-do list includes raising the prices of petrol, diesel and gas, making farmers more helpless and showing “hollow dreams” of employment to the youth.
“Prime Minister’s daily to-do list – how much hike in petrol, diesel and gas rates, how to stop discussing people’s expenses, how to show hollow dreams of employment to youth, how to sell public sector company and make farmers more Helpless,” the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad said in a tweet in Hindi.
Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state based on local taxation events. This is the ninth increase in prices since the end of a four-and-a-half-month-long hiatus in the rate revision on March 22.
Oil futures plunged more than $5 a barrel on Thursday morning on news that the Biden administration was releasing nearly 1 million barrels of oil per day from strategic reserves for several months to calm rising crude prices. Brent futures were down $4.71, or 4.2 per cent, at $108.58 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate futures were down $5.45, or 5 per cent, at $102.74 a barrel as of 0035 GMT.
Petrol, Diesel Prices as on Thursday, March 31 in Delhi, Mumbai and Other Cities in India
Delhi
Petrol – Rs 101.81 per liter
Diesel – Rs 93.27 per liter
Mumbai
Petrol – Rs 116.72 per liter
Diesel – Rs 100.94 per liter
Chennai
Petrol – Rs 107.45 per liter
Diesel – Rs 97.52 per liter
Kolkata
Petrol – Rs 111.35 per liter
Diesel – Rs 96.22 per liter
Noida
Petrol – Rs 101.88 per liter
Diesel – Rs 93.42 per liter
Lucknow
Petrol – Rs 101.56 per liter
Diesel – Rs 93.22 per liter
Patna
Petrol – Rs 112.28 per liter
Diesel – Rs 97.28 per liter
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