Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the eleventh time on Friday after a two day hiatus, according to a price notification by state-owned fuel retailers.
While petrol rates increased by 19 paise to reach ₹93.04 per litre in Delhi, diesel rates jumped to ₹83.80 per litre after the addition of 29 paise.
Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan has the costliest petrol and diesel in the country at ₹104 per litre and ₹96.62 a litre respectively.
The hike comes in spite of fuel demands suffering in the first half of May due to Covid-induced lockdown in several states.
Sales of road transport fuels during 1 to 15 May dropped by a fifth from the previous month and about 28% from the same period in 2019, reported Bloomberg.
