Fuel Rates: Domestic petrol and diesel costs differ throughout states due to value included tax (BARREL).
Petrol, diesel costs today: Fuel and diesel costs were treked again by the country's largest fuel seller - Indian Oil - throughout the cities on Monday after a gap of two days.
In Delhi, fuel rates were increased by 26 paise from Rs 91.27 per litre to Rs 91.53 per litre and diesel became dearer by 33 paise from Rs 81.73 per litre to Rs 82.06 per litre, according to Indian Oil.
Currently, petrol and diesel prices are highest in the monetary capital of the country.
Petrol in Mumbai was retailed at Rs 97.86 per litre while diesel was cost Rs 89.17 per litre.Meanwhile, Maharashtra joined Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the league of states where gas rates breached the Rs 100-a-litre mark.While fuel rates had actually crossed the Rs 100-mark in some locations in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh a couple of days back, Maharashtra's Parbhani joined the league on Monday.
Gas in Parbhani was priced at Rs 100.20 a litre.
The fuel is sold at Rs 102.42 a litre in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan and Rs 102.12 in Anuppur of Madhya Pradesh.This is the 2nd time this year that rates in some locations have actually crossed the Rs 100-a litre mark.
In 5 boosts in the last one week, petrol cost has actually increased by Rs 1.14 per litre and diesel by Rs 1.33 - more than neutralising all of the reduction that came in between March 24 and April 15.
After raising petrol cost by a record Rs 21.58 per litre and diesel by Rs 19.18 considering that the government raised excise responsibility to an all-time high in March last year, state-owned fuel sellers, IOC, BPCL and HPCL had minimized petrol cost by 67 paise a litre and diesel by 74 paise per litre effected in between March 24 and April 15.
The state-run oil marketing business consisting of Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum align the rates of domestic fuel with the international petroleum rates by considering changes in the foreign exchange rates.
The new modifications in fuel costs are executed with effect from 6 am every day.Crude costs climbed up more than 1 per cent on Monday after a significant cyber attack that required the shutdown of critical fuel supply pipelines in the United States, highlighting the fragility of oil infrastructure.Brent crude was up by 76 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $$69.04 a barrel by 0039 GMT, having actually increased by l.
5 per cent recently.
United States West Texas Intermediate futures rose by 70 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $65.60 a barrel.