The petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged on Monday across various cities in the country including the national capital Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, etc.
On November 8 after the Central government cut the excise duty on the two fuels to bring down retail rates from record highs, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
The government cut excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 10 a litre on November 3 to give relief to consumers battered by record-high retail fuel prices. Following this, petrol price was cut in the range of Rs 5.7 to Rs 6.35 per litre across the country and diesel rates by Rs 11.16 to Rs 12.88 on November 4 as oil companies passed on a record reduction in excise duty rates to consumers.
Following are the prices of diesel and petrol in a few cities in the country:
- Mumbai
Petrol – Rs 109.98 per litre
Diesel – Rs 94.14 per litre
- Delhi
Petrol – Rs 103.97 per litre
Diesel – Rs 86.67 per litre
- Chennai
Petrol – Rs 101.40 per litre
Diesel – Rs 91.43 per litre
- Kolkata
Petrol – Rs 104.67 per litre
Diesel – Rs 89.79 per litre
- Bhopal
Petrol – Rs 107.23 per litre
Diesel – Rs 90.87 per litre
- Hyderabad
Petrol – Rs 108.20 per litre
Diesel – Rs 94.62 per litre
- Bangaluru
Petrol – Rs 100.58 per litre
Diesel – Rs 85.01 per litre
- Guwahati
Petrol – Rs 94.58 per litre
Diesel – Rs 81.29 per litre
- Lucknow
Petrol – Rs 95.28 per litre
Diesel – Rs 86.80 per litre
- Gandhinagar
Petrol – Rs 95.35 per litre
Diesel – Rs 89.33 per litre
- Thiruvananthapuram
Petrol – Rs 106.36 per litre
Diesel – Rs 93.47 per litre
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The difference in the price of petrol and diesel in the states varies due to the tax and the cost of transportation imposed by the central and state government.
How to check petrol and diesel price in your city:
Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum revise fuel rates daily, taking into account crude and rupee-dollar rates in international markets. Daily price changes for Petrol & Diesel are effected at 6 am every day.
To get the indicative prices of Petrol/Diesel in your city/town for the day, kindly SMS “RSP Dealer Code of Petrol Pump” to 92249 92249. For example, SMS “RSP 102072” to 92249 92249 for petrol and diesel prices in Delhi.
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