As Centre slashes excise duty on petrol, diesel, these are the latest prices

Prices of petrol and diesel fell on Sunday after they had remained unchanged for nearly six weeks. The reduction comes a day after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the excise duty on petrol and diesel has been slashed by ₹8 per litre and ₹6 per litre respectively.

With the slash in excise duty, the price of petrol in the national capital Delhi reduced by ₹8.65 per litre and diesel by ₹7 per litre. From Sunday, a litre of petrol in Delhi will cost ₹96.76 compared to the previous price of ₹105.41.

A litre of diesel, on the other hand, will be sold at ₹89.66 compared to ₹96.67 previously.