New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Friday was but once more hiked for the eighth time this month.
Petrol worth was hiked by 29 paise a litre and diesel too by 34 paise per litre, in keeping with a worth notification by state-owned gasoline retailers. The improve took petrol and diesel prices to their highest-ever stage throughout the nation. In Delhi, petrol now comes for Rs 92.34 per litre and diesel is priced at Rs 82.95.
This was the eighth improve in prices since May 4, when the state-owned oil corporations ended an 18-day hiatus in price revision/).
Here is wanting at the worth distinction of diesel and petrol in 4 metro cities on May 14, 2021.
| City | Petrol | Diesel |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi |
92.05 |
82.61 |
| Mumbai |
98.36 |
89.75 |
| Chennai |
93.84 |
87.49 |
| Kolkata |
92.16 |
85.45 |
Central authorities makes up for Rs 32.98 per litre of the worth of petrol in Delhi and gross sales tax or VAT of the state authorities constitutes Rs 19.55.
For diesel, the central excise provides as much as Rs 31.83 and VAT to Rs 10.99. Besides, the worth additionally features a vendor fee of a minimal Rs 2.6 per litre on petrol and Rs 2 on diesel.
Petrol and diesel prices are revised each day in line with benchmark worldwide worth and international trade charges.
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The second wave of coronavirus sweeping the nation has pummelled gasoline gross sales in April as native restrictions clamped to curb the unfold of inflection stifled demand, preliminary information confirmed.
“At the end of April, overall fuel demand is down by about 7 per cent from pre-Covid level of April 2019,” Arun Singh, Director for Marketing and Refineries at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), mentioned.
