Petrol and diesel costs in your metropolis at the moment, verify right here

Prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged for the ninth straight day and to proceed at their document highs throughout the nation on Monday, March 8, 2021. They have been final modified on Saturday, February 27, 2021, when petrol was hiked by 24 paise per litre and diesel worth was raised by 15 paise within the nationwide capital.
Petrol worth in Delhi stands at Rs 91.17 per litre whereas diesel is obtainable for Rs 81.47. In Mumbai, petrol is retailing at Rs 97.57, whereas diesel prices Rs 88.60, information obtainable on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.
Petrol had final month breached the Rs 100-mark 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 remained regular at Rs 101.84 in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar, whereas diesel was obtainable at Rs 93.77 per litre. In Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur, petrol prices Rs 101.59 per litre and diesel is promoting for Rs 91.97.

In the primary two months of this 12 months, petrol has gone up by Rs 4.87 per litre whereas diesel charges have elevated by Rs 4.99 throughout this era.
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 worth of petrol and over 54 per cent of diesel.
The central authorities levies Rs 32.90 per litre of excise responsibility on petrol and Rs 31.80 a litre on diesel.

On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman acknowledged that customers have a case for petrol and diesel costs to be introduced down however stated a discount in taxes to make that occur ought to be a joint name of the central and state governments.
Fuel costs usually get revised each day in keeping with benchmark worldwide worth and international alternate charges.
In the worldwide market, Brent crude futures surged above $70 a barrel on Monday for the primary time for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic started, whereas US crude touched its highest in additional than two years, following studies of assaults on Saudi Arabian amenities, information company Reuters reported earlier on Monday.

Brent crude futures for May hit $71.38 a barrel in early Asian commerce, the very best since Jan. 8, 2020, and have been at $71.11 a barrel by 0255 GMT, up $1.75 (2.5 per cent). US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April rose $1.60 (2.4 per cent) to $67.69. The front-month WTI worth touched $67.98 a barrel earlier, the very best since October 2018, the report stated.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Monday, March 8, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
Sri Ganganagar
101.84
93.77
Anuppur
101.59
91.97
New Delhi
91.17
81.47
Mumbai
97.57
88.60
Kolkata
91.35
84.35
Chennai
93.11
86.45
Bengaluru
94.22
86.37
Hyderabad
94.79
88.86
Patna
93.48
86.73
Jaipur
97.72
89.98
Lucknow
89.31
81.85
Thiruvananthapuram
93.05
87.53
Source: Indian Oil Corporation