Petrol and diesel price today, April 2, 2022: Fuel is set to be bit more costlier in India with yet another surge on Saturday as petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre. This is the tenth hike the country is witnessing in 12 days after there was no change in the prices for four months since November. The government has been stressing that the rise in prices is linked to the Ukraine war, which has led to multiple sanctions against Russia. The opposition has been hitting out at the government over the increase in petrol and diesel prices, questioning the timing, as the surge comes after the end of assembly elections in five states – the BJP retained four of them.
The fresh rise takes the total increase in prices to ₹7.20 a litre, according to news agency PTI. Notably, the per litre cost of petrol and diesel varies from state to state depending upon the local taxation.
