Petrol, Diesel Prices Up By ₹ 9.20 Per Litre In 15 Days

Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday, April 5, were revised for the 13th time in 15 days with no respite from its upwards trajectory. Following a 40 paise hike on Monday, prices on Tuesday were again hiked by 80 paise a piece for petrol and diesel – the third hike of this value in the last 4 days. Prices for both fuels in the past 15 days have now been hiked by a cumulative ₹ 9.20 per litre with prices likely to continue to see upward revisions. The price of petrol in Delhi on Tuesday morning stood at ₹ 104.61 per litre while diesel retailed for ₹ 95.87 per litre.

In Mumbai petrol prices edged ever closer to the ₹ 120 mark with the fuel priced at ₹ 119.67 per litre – up by 84 paise as compared to Monday. Diesel meanwhile was up by 85 paise to ₹ 103.92 per litre. India's financial capital has the highest prices for petrol and diesel among all the metros.

Meanwhile price for petrol in Bangalore and Chennai crossed the ₹ 110 mark. Price for the fuel in Bangalore stood at ₹ 110.25 per litre on Tuesday while in Chennai petrol was priced at ₹ 110.09 per litre. Diesel, on the other hand, was priced at ₹ 94.01 per litre in Bangalore while in Chennai it crossed the ₹ 100 per litre mark to start the day at ₹ 100.18 per litre.

In Kolkata diesel slowly edged closer to the ₹ 100 per litre mark at ₹ 99.02 per litre while petrol was priced at ₹ 114.28 per litre.

Aside from the near constant rise in petrol and diesel prices, prices for CNG too have seen a rise in prices with Indraprastha Gas hiking prices of the fuel in and around Delhi by ₹ 2.5 per kg. Moving to Mumbai there was some respite to CNG car owners in recent days with MGL reducing prices for the fuel by ₹ 6 per kg to ₹ 60 per kg from April 1 owing to a reduction in VAT from the state government from 13.5% to 3%.