Petrol, diesel prices raised again for 2nd consecutive day

State-owned oil marketing companies on Wednesday raised petrol and diesel prices for the second consecutive day.

These prices were revised for the very first time on Tuesday after a gap of more than 4-months.

Accordingly, the increase in selling price which includes state levies, central excise and cess amongst others came days after crude oil prices saw astronomical rise due to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.

In New Delhi, the price of petrol and diesel were increased again by 80 paise per litre.

As per pump prices, petrol now costs Rs 97.01 per litre and diesel Rs 88.27 per litre in Delhi.