Hyderabad on Monday became the second metro city in the country to see petrol price crossing ₹100 per litre mark after fuel prices were raised yet again. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 30 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
The hike — 24th in six weeks — pushed fuel prices across the country to new historic highs. In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of ₹96.41 a litre, while diesel is now priced at ₹87.28 per litre.
Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. And because of this, petrol retails at over ₹100 per litre mark in seven states and union territories — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
