Petrol, diesel price gap widens by ₹1.5 this month. Check today’s rates
NEW DELHI : After leaving petrol prices untouched for three consecutive days, the price of petrol went up by 15 paise a litre today. Diesel price was, however, left unchanged once again.
So far in the month, the price of petrol has went up by ₹1.49 a litre while that of diesel has gone up by just 4 paise a litre. As a result, the price gap between the two fuels has now widened by ₹1.45 paise a litre. State-run fuel retailers, which announce retail prices everyday at 6 am, take cues from international benchmark rates of both petrol and diesel to fix prices. Any change in their prices in the international market gets subsequently reflected in India.
In New Delhi, a litre of petrol costs ₹74.35 and diesel ₹65.84. In Mumbai, a litre of petrol is priced at ₹80.01 and diesel ₹69.06. In Bengaluru, petrol comes at a cost of ₹76.98 and diesel ₹68.08. In Noida, petrol is priced at ₹75.78 and diesel ₹66.15. In Gurgaon, you pay ₹73.98 for petrol and ₹65.18 for diesel.
