New Delhi: Fuel prices were hiked across metros for the third day in a row today. With this, the price of petrol and diesel have reached record levels across the country.
According to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers, the price of petrol was hiked to Rs 102.14 a litre in Delhi and to Rs 108.19 per litre in Mumbai.
Similarly, Diesel rates were increased to Rs 90.47 a litre in Delhi and Rs 98.16 in Mumbai.
In Kolkata, people have to pay Rs 102.77 for litre of petrol and Rs 93.57 for diesel; while petrol price in Chennai was hiked to Rs 99.80, and diesel costs Rs 95.02 per litre in Tamil Nadu’s capital.
Petrol and diesel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.
International oil prices are at three year high with global benchmark Brent trading at $78.64 per barrel.
This spurt in global rates led state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to resume daily price revisions on September 24, ending the pause in rates that came into effect from September 5.
