13th price hike makes petrol, diesel costlier by over ₹3/litre in May
Pump rates of auto fuels created another record on Tuesday as state-run oil companies raised petrol price by 23 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise, the 13th hike in 22 days, making petrol costlier by ₹3.04 a litre and diesel by ₹3.59 since May 4, a day after results of five assembly polls were declared.
Petrol, which has crossed the ₹100 per litre mark in several cities, is also on an all-time high at ₹99.71 a litre in Mumbai. Diesel is sold at record ₹91.57 per litre in the financial capital. With the latest hike, pump prices of petrol and diesel in Delhi surged to a new record of ₹93.44 per litre and ₹84.32 a litre, respectively.
