Petrol, Diesel Prices Today: Fuel Prices Rise Again, Petrol Price Crosses Rs 100/Litre In Delhi. Check Latest Rates

Fuel Rates Today: In the last seven days, petrol and diesel prices have risen six times. Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 80 paise a litre and diesel by 70 paise, taking the total increase in rates to 4,80 per litre.

New Delhi: In the last eight days, petrol and diesel prices have risen seventh times. Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 80 paise a litre and diesel by 70 paise, taking the total increase in rates to 4,80 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs. 100.21 per litre as against Rs. 99.41 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs. 90.77 per litre to Rs. 91.47, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. In Mumbai, the prices of petrol and diesel were hiked by 85 paise and 75 paise respectively. Which means people will have to pay Rs. 115.04 for petrol and Rs. 99.25 for diesel.

The revised rates of petrol and diesel in Chennai is Rs. 105.94 and Rs. 96.00, while in Kolkata, the price of petrol is Rs. 109.68 and diesel is Rs. 94.62. In Bengaluru, the price of petrol is Rs. 105.62 per litre and Rs. 89.70 per litre for diesel. In Hyderabad, per litre of petrol will cost Rs113.61 and Rs. 99.84 for a litre of diesel.

Fuel prices in India are revised daily. However, the rates remained unchanged for 137 days from November 2021 up until last Tuesday when they were hiked. Since then, the rates have been increased nearly every day.

In India, petrol and diesel prices depend on various factors such as demand for fuel, valuation of INR against USD, consumption ratio of refineries and more.

The prices of petrol and diesel vary from state to state, depending on the incidence of local taxes like value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges.