Petrol, Diesel Prices Lowered Further: 5 Things To Know

On Monday, petrol prices were cut for the sixth day and diesel prices lowered for five days in six

Petrol and diesel prices were cut on Tuesday. While petrol prices were reduced for the seventh day in a row, diesel prices were lowered for six days in seven. Petrol prices across Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai were cut by 12-14 paise per litre on Tuesday compared with the previous day's prices, according to Indian Oil Corporation data. Diesel prices were slashed by 9-10 paise per litre across the four metros. The downward movement in prices follows sixteen days of consecutive hikes, on the back of surge in crude oil prices and weakness in the rupee against the dollar.

Here are five things to know about petrol and diesel prices today:

	Petrol price (in Rs. per litre)			Diesel price (in Rs. per litre)
	5-Jun	4-Jun	29-May	5-Jun	4-Jun	29-May
Delhi	77.96	77.96	78.43	68.97	68.97	69.31
Kolkata	80.6	80.6	81.06	71.52	71.52	71.86
Mumbai	85.77	85.77	86.24	73.43	73.43	73.79
Chennai	80.94	80.94	81.43	72.82	72.82	73.18
(Source: iocl.com)

Government Looking At Short-Term, Long-Term Solutions On Petrol, Diesel Prices

State capital	Petrol price on June 5 in Rs. per litre	Diesel price on June 5 in Rs. per litre
Agartala	73.5	66.95
Aizwal	73.62	66.13
Ambala	77.94	69.4
Bangalore	79.1	70.06
Bhopal	83.45	72.5
Bhubhaneswar	76.64	73.84
Chandigarh	74.85	66.89
Dehradun	78.86	69.21
Gandhinagar	77.12	74.03
Gangtok	80.85	70.6
Guwahati	80.03	71.91
Hyderabad	82.45	74.87
Imphal	75.89	66.93
Itanagar	73.64	66.12
Jaipur	80.6	73.34
Jammu	79.52	70.04
Jullunder	83.08	68.78
Kohima	76.26	67.22
Lucknow	78.35	69.04
Panjim	71.72	70.11
Patna	83.3	73.58
Pondicherry	76.59	71.15
Port Blair	67.06	64.54
Raipur	78.21	74.36
Ranchi	77.51	72.71
Shillong	77.18	68.68
Shimla	77.99	68.5
Srinagar	82.21	72.26
Trivandrum	80.97	73.72
Silvasa	75.7	69.7
Daman	75.62	69.63
(Source: iocl.com)