Petrol, diesel prices hiked by 80 paise
The Hindu
Rates up by ₹8 in less than two weeks
Petrol and diesel prices were on Sunday again hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in less than two weeks to ₹8 per litre.
Petrol in Delhi will now cost ₹103.41 per litre as against ₹102.61 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from ₹93.87 per litre to ₹94.67, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers.
Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation.
This is the 11th increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month-long hiatus in rate revision on March 22.
In all, petrol prices have gone up by ₹8 per litre.
The State Cabinet met on Thursday for the first time after the declaration of the Lok Sabha results and discussed the status of tender proposals of various departments and found that no action had been taken to float tenders with regard to 36% of the proposals (53) that were approved during the last financial year (2023-24).