Petrol and diesel prices raised for third consecutive day

NEW DELHI : State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised petrol and diesel prices on Thursday. The transportation fuel prices were increased third day in a row, after the results were declared for the assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry.

Petrol and diesel prices were raised by 25 paise per litre and 30 paise per litre respectively in the national capital. As a result, petrol and diesel were retailing at Rs90.99 per litre and Rs81.42 per litre respectively on Thursday in Delhi at state run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s outlets.

This comes against the backdrop of a second wave of covid-19 pandemic raging across India, a major energy consumer.