Petrol, Diesel Prices Costlier By Rs 9.20 Per Litre After 13 Hikes In Two Weeks

Petrol, Diesel Prices Costlier By Rs 9.20 Per Litre After 13 Hikes In Two Weeks
A man walks past a diesel and petrol pump at a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. gas station in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Vivek Prakash/Bloomberg)  

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise/litre each on Tuesday, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 9.20 per litre.

Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 104.61 per litre as against Rs 103.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 95.07 per litre to Rs 95.87, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers.

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation.

This is the 13th increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22.

In all, petrol and diesel prices have gone up by Rs 9.20 per litre.

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