NEW DELHI : After six days of consecutive hikes, the price of petrol and diesel was left unchanged today. Following a spike in crude oil rates, which are now trading around $64 a barrel, retail prices of petrol has increased by around ₹2 a litre this month. Petrol is already at its highest rate this year.
In New Delhi, a litre of petrol costs ₹74.76 a litre and diesel ₹65.73. In Mumbai, petrol is priced at ₹80.42 and diesel ₹68.94. In Bengaluru, petrol comes for ₹77.32 and diesel ₹67.97. If you are in Noida, you have to pay ₹76.10 for petrol and ₹66.04 for diesel. In Gurgaon, petrol is charged at ₹74.31 and diesel ₹65.08.
In new regulations that could impact the fuel retail market in India, the government has relaxed rules for setting up petrol pumps in India and allowed even non-oil companies to open petrol pumps.
