NEW DELHI: A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the imposition of an additional special excise duty of Re 1 per litre and road and infrastructure cess of Re 1 per litre on both petrol and diesel in the Union Budget 2019, prices of the two automobile fuels went up by over ₹2 all over India.
In New Delhi, petrol price shot up by ₹2.45 per litre and diesel went up by ₹2.36 today. Petrol is now retailing at ₹72.96 per litre and diesel at ₹66.69 per litre in New Delhi.
In Mumbai, petrol is priced at ₹78.57, diesel at ₹69.90 per litre. In Bengaluru (Bangalore), petrol costs ₹75.37 and diesel ₹68.88. In Chennai, petrol costs ₹75.76, diesel ₹70.48. In Kolkata, petrol costs ₹75.15 and diesel ₹68.59.
