Petrol, diesel prices poised to breach all-time high
NEW DELHI: Auto fuel prices are on upswing in the country with the pump price of petrol set to breach all-time high levels next week.
The oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Sunday increased the retail price of petrol by 28 paise per litre to Rs 83.4 a litre in Delhi. Similarly, diesel price also increased by 29 paise a litre to Rs 73.6 a litre.
With this, the current price of petrol in Delhi is just about 60 paise short of breaching the all-time high level of fuel of Rs 84 a litre reached on October 4, 2018.
Across the country too, the retail price of petrol is very close to all-time high levels and will breach the mark this week if retail prices continue to rise everyday. In Mumbai, the all-time high petrol price was Rs 91.3 a litre recorded on October 4, 2018. Its retail price now is Rs 90.
