Petrol and diesel costs fall for the second straight day: Here’s what you pay in your metropolis

Petrol and diesel worth as we speak: Petrol and diesel costs fell for the second consecutive day throughout the nation on Thursday, March 25, 2021. In the nationwide capital, the petrol worth fell by 21 paise whereas that of diesel slipped by 20 paise.
This is the second straight revision in gasoline costs this month. Prior to this, petrol and diesel costs had been unchanged at their document highs for twenty-four days with the earlier revision going down on February 27, 2021.
Following the most recent worth revision, petrol in Delhi is now retailing at Rs 90.78 a litre whereas diesel is promoting at Rs 81.10. In the monetary capital Mumbai, petrol worth now stands at Rs 97.19 whereas diesel prices Rs 88.20, information obtainable on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.

Last month, the worth of petrol had breached the Rs 100-mark in two locations in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, which levy the very best VAT on the gasoline within the nation. In these two cities, the important thing auto gasoline eased to Rs 101.43 in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar, whereas diesel right here was obtainable at Rs 93.39 per litre. In Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur, petrol now prices Rs 101.18 per litre and diesel is promoting for Rs 91.57.
Petrol and diesel costs differ from state to state as taxes get levied on them by each central in addition to state governments together with the freight expenses.
The central and state taxes make up for 60 per cent of the retail promoting worth 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.

The gasoline costs are usually revised every day consistent with benchmark worldwide worth and overseas alternate charges.
In the worldwide market, oil costs skidded round 2 per cent as gasoline demand considerations re-emerged alongside contemporary coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, trimming in a single day beneficial properties spurred by the grounding of an enormous container ship blocking crude shipments via the Suez Canal, information company Reuters reported earlier within the day.
Brent crude futures slid $1.14 (1.8 per cent) to $63.27 a barrel at 0139 GMT, after leaping 6 per cent in a single day. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped by $1.27 (2.1 per cent) to $59.91 a barrel, after climbing 5.9 per cent in a single day, the report stated.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Thursday, March 25, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
Sri Ganganagar
101.43
93.39
Anuppur
101.18
91.57
New Delhi
90.78
81.10
Mumbai
97.19
88.20
Kolkata
90.98
83.98
Chennai
92.77
86.10
Bengaluru
93.82
85.99
Hyderabad
94.39
88.45
Patna
93.11
86.35
Jaipur
97.31
89.60
Lucknow
89.01
81.50
Thiruvananthapuram
92.66
87.14
Source: Indian Oil Corporation