Fuel prices in the country remained unchanged on Thursday as oil marketing companies decided to go on a pause mode and analyse the global developments on oil prices before effecting a revision. <\/p>\n
Accordingly, pump price of petrol and diesel remained at Rs 90.40 a litre and Rs 80.73 a litre respectively, in Delhi. <\/p>\n
The price of the two auto fuels had fallen by 16 paisa and 14 paisa per litre respectively last week on Thursday after a 15 day break when OMCs kept its prices static. <\/p>\n
Across the country as well the petrol and diesel price remained unchanged on Thursday but its retail levels varied depending on the level of local levies on respective states. <\/p>\n
Premium petrol, however, continues to remain over Rs 100 a litre in Mumbai and several other cities across the country. <\/p>\n
The OMCs went on price cut for the first time this year on two consecutive days – March 24 and 25 after keeping oil prices steady for past 24 days. <\/p>\n
It again reduced the price on March 30. <\/p>\n
Thereafter, fuel prices have remained unchanged for past 15 days before falling again on April 15. <\/p>\n
In all, petrol prices have fallen by 77 paisa per litre while diesel by 74 paisa per litre in 2021 so far. <\/p>\n
Earlier, petrol and diesel prices increased 26 times in 2021 with the two auto fuels increasing by Rs 7.46 and Rs 7.60 per litre, respectively, so far this year. <\/p>\n
With global crude prices at around $ 65 a barrel mark, OMCs may have revise fuel prices upwards again if there is any further firming up. OMCs benchmark retail fuel prices to a 15-day rolling average of global refined products’ prices and dollar exchange rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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