INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Diesel can be bought today at Rs
68.92 per litre in Delhi.Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) hiked the prices of petrol and diesel in four metro cities on Sunday
Petrol can be purchased at a price of Rs
77.40 per litre in Delhi, Rs
84.82 per litre in Mumbai, Rs
80.34 per litre in Kolkata and Rs
80.40 per litre in Chennai
Petrol prices were increased while diesel prices were kept unchanged on Saturday
Petrol prices in Delhi are the cheapest due to lower sales tax or VAT (Value Added Tax)
Delhi charges a VAT of 27 per cent on petrol
Mumbai has the highest VAT of 39.12 per cent on petrol.Diesel can be bought today at Rs
73.17 per litre in Mumbai, Rs
71.76 per litre in Kolkata and Rs
72.80 per litre in Chennai
Diesel prices in Delhi are the cheapest due to lower sales tax or VAT
Delhi charges a VAT of 17.24 per cent on diesel.State-run oil companies in mid-June last year dumped 15-year practice of revising rates on
1st and 16th of every month in favour of daily price revisions
Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum have been revising fuel prices with effect from 6 am on a daily basis, since
record low has made buying of oil from overseas costlier.
