A few days ago, the central government had given a big relief to the public by reducing the tax on petrol and diesel on one hand, but due to the rising prices of crude, the petroleum companies have started putting pressure on them to increase the prices again.
New Delhi. Government oil companies have released new rates of petrol and diesel on Thursday. Like yesterday, there was no change in the prices today. Meanwhile, the price of crude oil remains above $120. Experts say that if the crude does not come down, then the prices are sure to rise.
A few days ago, the central government had given a big relief to the public by reducing the tax on petrol and diesel, but due to rising crude prices, petroleum companies have started putting pressure on them to increase prices again. Now due to rising crude, the fear of increasing the price of petrol and diesel has increased, but it is a matter of relief that today there has been no increase in the prices. Today on Thursday, petrol is being sold at Rs 96.72 in Delhi and Rs 109.27 per liter in Mumbai.
Petrol and diesel prices in all four metros
- Delhi Petrol Rs 96.72 and Diesel Rs 89.62 per liter
- Mumbai Petrol Rs 109.27 and Diesel Rs 95.84 per liter
- Chennai petrol Rs 102.63 and diesel Rs 94.24 per liter
- Kolkata Petrol Rs 106.03 and Diesel Rs 92.76 per liter
New prices continue in these cities too
- Petrol in Noida has become Rs 96.79 and diesel Rs 89.96 per liter.
- Petrol in Lucknow has become Rs 96.57 and diesel Rs 89.76 per liter.
- Petrol in Patna has become Rs 107.24 and diesel Rs 94.04 per liter.
- Petrol in Port Blair has become Rs 84.10 and diesel Rs 79.74 per liter.
New rates are released at 6 am
Petrol and diesel prices change every day at 6 am. The new rates are applicable from 6 am onwards. After adding excise duty, dealer commission, VAT and other things to the price of petrol and diesel, its price becomes almost double of the original price. This is the reason why the prices of petrol and diesel appear so high.
You can know today’s latest price like this
You can also know the daily rate of petrol diesel through SMS (How to check diesel petrol price daily). Indian Oil customers can get information by sending RSP to 9224992249 number and BPCL consumers by sending RSP to 9223112222 number. At the same time, HPCL consumers can know the price by sending HPPrice to the number 9222201122.