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Petrol and diesel value at present: Prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged throughout the nation for the second consecutive day on Thursday, July 1, 2021. The key gas costs had touched document highs on June 29, when petrol rose by 35 paise per litre whereas diesel inched up 28 paise within the nationwide capital.
The value of petrol in Delhi stands at Rs 98.81 per litre whereas that of diesel is at Rs 89.18. In Mumbai, petrol presently prices Rs 104.90, whereas diesel is retailing at Rs 96.72, knowledge out there on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.
During the month of June, the auto gas costs have been hiked on 16 events, which adopted the 16 hikes within the month of May after the oil advertising and marketing corporations (OMCs) resumed their value revisions ending an 18-day hiatus that coincided with the meeting elections in key states. During the previous two months, petrol value has elevated by Rs 8.41 per litre and diesel has climbed by Rs 8.45 in New Delhi.
Following the current hikes since May 4, the worth of petrol has crossed the Rs 100-per-litre mark in a minimum of 12 states and union territories together with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Ladakh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir (J&Okay), Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Kerala.

Bhopal grew to become the primary state capital to have petrol hit the three-figure mark in May, adopted by Jaipur and Mumbai. In June, Hyderabad and Bengaluru had additionally joined this checklist adopted by Patna and Thiruvananthapuram. Now, Chennai is on the verge of this psychological landmark with petrol retailing at Rs 99.80.
In India, the gas costs differ from state to state relying on the native taxation (VAT) and freight prices. Apart from this, the central authorities prices an excise obligation on auto fuels.
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.
OMCs revise charges of petrol and diesel every day based mostly on the common value of benchmark gas within the worldwide market within the previous 15-days and international alternate charges.

In the worldwide market, crude oil costs edged larger on Thursday, supported by decrease US inventories, as traders waited for a call from key producers on whether or not they would preserve or ease provide cuts within the second half of the 12 months, information company Reuters reported.
Brent crude for September gained 17 cents (0.2 per cent) to $74.79 a barrel by 0355 GMT whereas the US West Texas Intermediate crude for August was at $73.68 a barrel, up 21 cents (0.3 per cent) near its highest since 2018 of $74.45, the report mentioned.
WTI rose greater than 10 per cent in June whereas Brent added over 8 per cent, touching highs since 2018, as summer season journey picked up and extra folks obtained vaccinated, it mentioned.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Thursday, July 1, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
New Delhi
98.81
89.18
Mumbai
104.90
96.72
Kolkata
98.64
92.03
Chennai
99.80
93.72
Bengaluru
102.11
94.54
Hyderabad
102.69
97.20
Patna
100.81
94.52
Bhopal
107.07
97.93
Jaipur
105.54
98.29
Lucknow
95.97
89.59
Thiruvananthapuram
100.79
95.74
Source: Indian Oil Corporation