New Delhi. Today again the common people have been hit by inflation. Yes, today i.e. on Sunday, again the prices of petrol and diesel were increased by 80 paise per liter in the country. In this way, in less than two weeks, the prices have increased by a total of eight rupees per liter. However, fuel rates have been increased across the country. But this rate varies from state to state in line with local tax provisions.
In Chennai, the petrol & diesel prices per liter at Rs 108.96 (Increased by 75 paise) and Rs 99.04 and in Kolkata, the price of petrol is Rs 113.03 (increased by 84 paise) and diesel is Rs 97.82 (increased by 80 paise) .
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2022
With this, as per the price notification of fuel retailers, the price of petrol in Rajdhani is now Rs 103.41/Litre, while that of Diesel has gone up to Rs.94.67/Litre. Let us inform that on March 22, the rates were changed after a long gap of four and a half months, but since then this is now the 11th increase in prices.
What is the price of petrol and diesel in major metros today:
Today the prices of one liter of petrol and diesel in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are as follows.
city |
petrol |
diesel |
Delhi |
103.41 |
94.67 |
Mumbai |
118.41 |
102.64 |
Kolkata |
113.03 |
97.82 |
Chennai |
108.96 |
99.04 |
Prices change every morning 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 consumers end. All this cost is also added to the petrol rate and diesel rate.
Know the rates of petrol and diesel in your city like this:
Now you can also know the price of petrol and diesel through SMS. According to the Indian Oil website, you need to send it to the number 9224992249 by typing RSP and your city code. Let us know that the code of each city is different, which you will get very easily from the IOCL website.