Petrol and diesel costs fall after 15-day hiatus: Here’s what you pay in your metropolis

Petrol and diesel value in the present day: After remaining unchanged for 15 straight days, petrol and diesel costs receded throughout the nation on Thursday, April 15, 2021. In the nationwide capital, petrol value fell by 16 paise whereas that of diesel slipped by 14 paise.
The newest transfer by the oil advertising and marketing firms marks the primary revision in auto gas costs this month with the earlier revision going down on March 30, 2021.
With in the present day’s value revision, petrol in Delhi is now retailing at Rs 90.40 a litre whereas diesel is promoting at Rs 80.73. In the monetary capital Mumbai, petrol value now stands at Rs 96.83 whereas diesel prices Rs 87.81, information out there on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.

In February, the worth of petrol had breached the Rs 100-mark for the primary time in two locations in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, which levy the very best VAT on the gas within the nation. In these two cities, the important thing auto gas eased to Rs 100.89 in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar, whereas diesel right here was out there at Rs 92.99 per litre. In Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur, petrol now prices Rs 100.79 per litre and diesel is promoting for Rs 91.18.
Petrol and diesel costs have fallen from their file highs hit on February 27, 2021. The costs have been revised on 4 events since March, all of which resulted in a fall.
Fuel costs differ from state to state as taxes get levied on them by each central in addition to state governments together with the freight costs.

The central and state taxes make up for 60 per cent of the retail promoting value of petrol and over 54 per cent of diesel. Centre levies Rs 32.90 per litre of excise obligation on petrol and Rs 31.80 a litre on diesel.
Generally, petrol and diesel costs are revised every day consistent with benchmark worldwide crude costs and overseas change charges.
In the worldwide market, oil costs had been decrease on Thursday although holding close to one-month highs after futures jumped within the earlier because the International Energy Agency (IEA) and others upgraded forecasts for oil demand as main economies recuperate from the pandemic, information company Reuters reported.
Brent crude was down by 21 cents (0.3 per cent) at $66.37 a barrel by 0129 GMT, after gaining 4.6 per cent on Wednesday and shutting on the highest since March 17. US West Texas Intermediate futures dropped 25 cents (0.4 per cent) to $62.9 a barrel, having risen 4.9 per cent within the earlier session, the report stated.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Thursday, April 15, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
Sri Ganganagar
100.89
92.99
Anuppur
100.79
91.18
New Delhi
90.40
80.73
Mumbai
96.83
87.81
Kolkata
90.62
83.61
Chennai
92.43
85.75
Bengaluru
93.43
85.60
Hyderabad
93.99
88.05
Patna
92.74
85.97
Jaipur
96.77
89.20
Lucknow
88.72
81.13
Thiruvananthapuram
92.28
86.75
Source: Indian Oil Corporation