Diesel nears ₹100 for first time, sells at ₹99.50/lt in Ganganagar

Auto fuel became costlier by 25 paise per litre on Wednesday, the 21st increase in 37 days, and pushed diesel rates close to ₹100 a litre for the first time in India as pumps in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar were selling diesel at ₹99.50 per litre and petrol at ₹106.64, the highest in the country.

The latest price increase made petrol costlier by ₹5.16 per litre and diesel by ₹5.74 across the country since May 4, a day after the results of assembly polls in four states and a Union Territory were declared.

It took auto fuel rates to another record across the country. Petrol in Delhi was sold at ₹95.56 per litre on Wednesday and diesel at ₹86.47 a litre.