NEW DELHI : For the 16th consecutive day today, fuel prices were hiked in India. State-run oil marketing companies increased the price of petrol by 33 paise a litre and that of diesel by 58 paise a litre. In these 16 days, petrol price has gone up by ₹8.3 a litre and diesel price by ₹9.46 a litre.
Diesel touched a new record high level today in Delhi as prices now touch ₹79 for the first time in history. Diesel price is ₹3 higher now than the last peak of ₹75.69 touched on 16th October 2018.
Petrol price, on the other hand, is at a 19-month high level in India. Petrol’s lifetime record high is ₹84 in New Delhi reached on 4th October, 2018.
