NEW DELHI: In a first, diesel prices have followed petrol prices in breaching the ₹100 mark. Diesel was retailing at ₹100.05 a litre in Ganganagar in Rajasthan, after the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the transportation fuel prices on Saturday.
In comparison, petrol was selling at ₹107.22 per litre at Ganganagar. With state run OMCs raising petrol and diesel prices in Delhi on Saturday, petrol and diesel was selling at record highs of ₹96.12 per litre and ₹86.98 per litre, respectively, in the national capital at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd outlets.
After remaining benign, petrol and diesel prices have spiked by ₹5.72 per litre and ₹6.25 per litre, respectively, since the results for the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry were announced on 2 May.
