The common people of the country were directly hit by inflation on Friday. The direct impact of the huge increase in energy prices at the international level is now visible on the common consumers of India too. For this reason, the country’s oil companies have suddenly increased the prices of petrol and diesel.
The prices of both petrol and diesel have been directly increased by Rs 3 per liter each. The energy prices which have increased so rapidly in the global market have now put the direct burden of the oil companies on the shoulders of the customers. The result of this is that now you will have to spend much more money than before to fill oil in your car.
What are the new rates of petrol and diesel in the country’s capital Delhi?
After this latest and huge increase in the country’s capital New Delhi, the pockets of common customers are going to be the loosest. After the direct increase of Rs 3 per liter by the oil companies, now the new price of one liter petrol in Delhi has become Rs 97.77. If we talk about diesel, now common customers will have to pay Rs 90.67 for one liter diesel in Delhi. This huge increase is a huge and worrying blow for millions of drivers and the general public in the capital.
| City | petrol
(₹/litre) |
Petrol increase (₹) | diesel
(₹/litre) |
Diesel Increase (₹) |
| Delhi | 97.77 | +3.00 | 90.67 | +3.00 |
| Kolkata | 108.74 | +3.29 | 95.13 | +3.11 |
| Mumbai | 106.68 | +3.14 | 93.14 | +3.11 |
| Chennai | 103.67 | +2.83 | 95.25 | +2.86 |
How much has the price of petrol increased in the metros?
Apart from Delhi, there has been a huge increase in the prices of petrol in other major metros of the country also. Petrol price in Kolkata has increased by Rs 3.29 to now reach Rs 108.74 per liter. Whereas in the country’s financial capital Mumbai, the price of petrol has increased by Rs 3.14 to Rs 106.68 per liter. Talking about Chennai, the big city of South India, there too there has been a huge jump in the price of petrol by Rs 2.83 and its new price has been fixed at Rs 103.67 per liter.
What is the condition of diesel prices in major cities on Friday?
There has been a huge increase of Rs 3.11 in diesel prices in Kolkata city, after which one liter diesel is being sold there for Rs 95.13. In Mumbai too, diesel has become costlier by Rs 3.11 and has reached a high of Rs 93.14 per litre. Apart from this, the price of diesel in Chennai has been increased by Rs 2.86, due to which the new and increased rate of diesel there is now Rs 95.25 per liter.
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