Oil companies have recently adopted a practice of changing petrol and diesel prices in a couple of days instead of a daily basis. Petrol price was raised 25 paise and diesel prices were raised by 13 paise in Delhi, yesterday.
Petrol remained unchanged at Rs 96.66 per litre and diesel at Rs 87.41 per litre in Delhi. In Mumbai, the prices continued to on of Rs 102.58 per litre today. Diesel also remained unchanged at Rs 94.70 a litre, the highest among metros. Petrol prices have reached very close to hitting all-time high across the country.
Fuel prices have now been hiked on 25 days and remained unchanged on 23 days since May 1. The 25 hikes have raised the petrol prices by Rs 6.26 per litre in Delhi. Similarly, diesel has also increased by Rs 6.68 per litre.