Petrol and diesel prices were hiked on Tuesday. That marked a second increase in petrol and diesel rates this month. On May 14, the prices were raised after a 19-day hiatus, a day before Karnataka election results. Karnataka voted on Saturday for a new assembly and the results will be announced today. Petrol prices have been increased by 32 paise per litre in Delhi, 33 paise per litre in Kolkata, 31 paise per litre in Mumbai and 34 paise per litre in Chennai in two days, data from Indian Oil Corporation - the country's largest fuel retailer - showed. Diesel prices have been raised by 43 paise per litre in Delhi, 27 paise per litre in Kolkata, and 46 paise per litre in Mumbai and Chennai.
| Petrol price (in Rs per litre) | Diesel price (in Rs per litre) | ||||||||
| 15-May | 14-May | 13-May | 31-Mar | 31-Dec | 15-May | 14-May | 13-May | 31-Mar | 31-Dec |
| 74.95 | 74.8 | 74.63 | 73.55 | 69.97 | 66.36 | 66.14 | 65.93 | 64.4 | 59.64 |
| 77.65 | 77.5 | 77.32 | 76.26 | 72.72 | 68.9 | 68.68 | 68.63 | 67.09 | 62.3 |
| 82.79 | 82.65 | 82.48 | 81.41 | 77.87 | 70.66 | 70.43 | 70.2 | 68.58 | 63.27 |
| 77.77 | 77.61 | 77.43 | 76.29 | 72.53 | 70.02 | 69.79 | 69.56 | 67.93 | 62.83 |
| (Source: iocl.com) | |||||||||
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