Mumbai, May 30: After 16 days of a continuous hike, fuel prices today have witnessed a slight drop. In Mumbai, one litre of petrol is priced at Rs 85.65 and diesel will come for Rs 73.20/litre. In Delhi, petrol is priced at Rs 77.83/litre, and diesel at Rs 68.75/litre.
Kolkata and Chennai too have witnessed a marginal drop in the petrol and diesel prices. One litre of petrol in Kolkata will cost you Rs 80.47, whereas it is Rs 80.80 in Chennai. On the other hand, you will be charged Rs 71.30 for one litre of diesel in Kolkata and Rs 72.58 in Chennai. (The rates have now been revised by IOC, petrol and diesel prices are down by 1 just paisa. Check the new rates here.)
Below is the city-wise petrol prices:
Agartala | 73.50 |
Aizwal | 73.62 |
Ambala | 77.94 |
Bangalore | 79.10 |
Bhopal | 83.45 |
Bhubhaneswar | 76.64 |
Chandigarh | 74.85 |
Dehradun | 78.86 |
Gandhinagar | 77.12 |
Gangtok | 80.85 |
Guwahati | 80.03 |
Hyderabad | 82.45 |
Imphal | 75.89 |
Itanagar | 73.64 |
Jaipur | 80.60 |
Jammu | 79.52 |
Jullunder | 83.08 |
Kohima | 76.26 |
Lucknow | 78.35 |
Panjim | 71.72 |
Patna | 83.30 |
Pondicherry | 76.59 |
Port Blair | 67.06 |
Raipur | 78.21 |
Ranchi | 77.51 |
Shillong | 77.18 |
Shimla | 77.99 |
Srinagar | 82.21 |
Trivandrum | 82.00 |
Silvasa | 75.70 |
Daman | 75.62 |
Below is the city-wise diesel prices:
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The constant rise for the last few days caused a lot of inconvenience to the general public. People condemned the Centre for failing to take any action and curb the rise in petrol prices. To which, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan earlier had assured the public that the government will soon take out a solution to tackle the situation.
Pradhan had also pointed out that some of the reasons that were affecting the fuel prices were- less production of oil in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and hike in crude oil price in the international market. Pradhan had earlier expressed that the Centre and the state governments were considering to bring petroleum products under the ambit of GST.
(With additional inputs from ANI)
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