Relief for consumers as petrol, diesel rates remain unchanged for 2nd day

Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, providing relief to consumers after the rates spiked to historic highs almost everyday for the past couple of months.

With no change in the prices, the pump price of petrol in Delhi stood at Rs 107.59 a litre, while diesel rates also remained at Sunday’s level of Rs 96.32 a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

In the financial capital Mumbai, where petrol prices have increased to Rs 113.46 per litre and diesel to Rs 104.48 a litre, the highest among all metros, there was no further spike in the retail rates on Tuesday.