New Delhi: While the process of increasing the price of petrol-diesel in the country (India) has now started and today the price of petrol and diesel has increased for the second consecutive day. After the last 137 days, an increase in the price of fuel was seen. Then the price of petrol and diesel was increased by 80-80 paise. At the same time, once again the price of petrol and diesel has increased by 80 paise. Please note that fuel prices vary from state to state based on local taxes such as Value Added Tax (VAT) and freight charges.
Know today the prices of petrol and diesel in major metros:
Today the prices of one litre of petrol and diesel in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are as follows.
| City | Petrol | Diesel |
| Delhi | 97.01 | 88.27 |
| Mumbai | 111.67 | 95.85 |
| Kolkatta | 106.34 | 91.42 |
| Chennai | 102.91 | 92.95 |
Price changes daily at 6 am:
It is worth noting that now the prices of petrol and diesel are changed every day at 6 am. Their new rates are applicable from 6 am onwards. Explain that after adding excise duty, dealer commission and other things to the price of petrol and diesel, its price now almost doubles.
On the basis of these parameters, now oil companies do the work of fixing petrol rate and diesel rate daily. Whereas the dealers-people running petrol pumps sell petrol-diesel at retail prices after adding taxes and their own margins accrued at the consumer’s end. This saree cost is also added to the petrol rate and diesel rate.
Know how much is now in your city, the rate of petrol-diesel:
Now you can also know the price of petrol and diesel through SMS. According to the IndianOil website, you need to send it to the number 9224992249 by typing RSP and your city code. Let us tell you that the code of each city is different, which you will get from the IOCL website.
