Petrol price on Thursday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Thane district of Maharashtra, while it was hovering a tad below that level in Mumbai, after fuel prices were raised again.<\/p>\n
Petrol price was increased by 24 paise per litre and diesel by 29 paise a litre on Thursday, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.<\/p>\n
The increase – 14th this month – took petrol and diesel prices to an all-time high across the country.<\/p>\n
The price of petrol, which had already crossed the Rs 100-mark in several cities in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, breached the psychological barrier in the Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In Thane, petrol now comes for Rs 100.06 a litre and diesel comes for Rs 91.99 per litre.<\/p>\n
In neighbouring Mumbai, petrol price increased to Rs 99.94 per litre, while diesel rates soared to Rs 91.87.<\/p>\n
Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. Rajasthan levies the highest value-added tax (VAT) on petrol in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
In Delhi, petrol price rose to Rs 93.84 a litre and diesel to Rs 84.61.<\/p>\n
This is the 14th increase in prices since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during assembly elections in states like West Bengal.<\/p>\n
Oil companies revise rates of petrol and diesel daily based on the average price of benchmark fuel in the international market in the preceding 15-days, and foreign exchange rates.<\/p>\n
Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan had the costliest petrol and diesel in the country at Rs 104.67 per litre and Rs 97.49 a litre, respectively.<\/p>\n
In 14 increases, petrol price has risen by Rs 3.28 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.88.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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