In a persistent development, gasoline costs in India have remained unchanged for over 9 months, as of Friday, February 24. Indian Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have been preserving the costs of petrol and diesel regular, deviating from their standard apply of updating gasoline costs each day at 6 am. They try to make up for the losses incurred over the previous few quarters because of the COVID-19 pandemic and different associated components. Despite the altering crude oil costs within the worldwide market, OMCs have chosen to carry again any revision within the charges. Signals from these firms and the federal government counsel that the state of affairs will solely return to regular as soon as the monetary losses are lined.
Petrol within the nation’s capital, Delhi, is priced at Rs 96.72, whereas diesel retails at Rs 89.62 per litre. In the monetary capital, Mumbai, petrol is being offered for Rs 106.31 per litre, and diesel is priced at Rs 94.27 per litre. In Kolkata, the price of one litre of petrol was Rs 106.03, whereas the worth of the same amount of diesel was Rs 92.76. In Chennai, the worth of a litre of petrol was Rs 102.63, whereas that of diesel was Rs 94.24.
Check gasoline charges in several cities within the nation on Friday, February 24:
Delhi
Petrol: Rs 96.72 per litre
Diesel: Rs 89.62 per litre
Chennai
Petrol: Rs 102.74 per litre
Diesel: Rs 94.33 per litre
Kolkata
Petrol: Rs 106.03 per litre
Diesel: Rs 92.76 per litre
Mumbai
Petrol: Rs 106.31 per litre
Diesel: Rs 94.27 per litre
Bengaluru
Petrol: Rs 101.94 per litre
Diesel: Rs 87.89 per litre
Lucknow
Petrol: Rs 96.62 per litre
Diesel: Rs 89.76 per litre
Hyderabad
Petrol: Rs 109.66 per litre
Diesel: Rs 97.82 per litre
Bhopal
Petrol: Rs 108.65 per litre
Diesel: Rs 93.90 per litre
Gandhinagar
Petrol: Rs 96.63 per litre
Diesel: Rs 92.38 per litre
Guwahati
Petrol: Rs 96.01 per litre
Diesel: Rs 83.94 per litre
Thiruvananthapuram
Petrol: Rs 107.71 per litre
Diesel: Rs 96.52 per litre.
(*24*)It is necessary to notice that petrol and diesel costs fluctuate from state to state, topic to numerous components, equivalent to Value Added Tax (VAT), freight expenses, and native taxes. The final nation-wide modification in gasoline costs was on 21 May final 12 months, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman diminished excise responsibility on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and Rs 6 per litre on diesel.
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