Petrol breaches Rs 89/litre mark in Delhi: Here’s are auto gasoline costs in your metropolis at this time

Prices of petrol and diesel continued to rise to their recent highs throughout the nation on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. In the nationwide capital, petrol value was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel obtained dearer by 35 paise.
With the newest value hike, petrol at this time breached the Rs 89-mark in Delhi and is now retailing at Rs 89.29 a litre whereas diesel is promoting at Rs 79.70. In the monetary capital Mumbai, petrol value now stands at Rs 95.75 whereas diesel prices Rs 86.72.
In Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, petrol climbed to Rs 99.87 and diesel soared to Rs 91.86 per litre. This is the very best retail value of the important thing auto fuels throughout the nation.

Prices of petrol and diesel fluctuate from state to state and taxes are levied on them by each central in addition to the state governments. Rajasthan, which levies the very best VAT on gasoline within the nation, had the very best petrol and diesel costs. Late final month, it had lower VAT on petrol and diesel by 2 per cent.
Despite this, the state has the very best VAT at 36 per cent plus Rs 1,500 per kilolitre highway cess on petrol. On diesel, Rajasthan levies 26 per cent and Rs 1,750 per kl highway cess, information company PTI reported on Sunday.
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a reply in Rajya Sabha final week had stated that authorities was not at the moment taking a look at reducing taxes on petrol and diesel.

The auto gasoline costs are revised every day in step with benchmark worldwide value and overseas trade charges.
Globally, oil costs rose on Tuesday as a chilly entrance shut wells and refineries in Texas, the largest crude producing state within the United States, the world’s greatest oil producer. Prices additionally gained as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group stated it struck airports in Saudi Arabia with drones, elevating provide issues on the planet’s greatest oil exporter, and on optimism for a worldwide financial restoration amid accelerated COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, information company Reuters stated in a report earlier within the day.
Brent crude was up 11 cents (0.2 per cent) at $63.41 a barrel at 0144 GMT, after rising to its highest since January 2020 within the earlier session. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 62 cents (about 1 per cent) to $60.09 a barrel, the report stated.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Tuesday, February 16, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
New Delhi
89.29
79.70
Mumbai
95.75
86.72
Kolkata
90.54
83.29
Chennai
91.45
84.77
Bengaluru
92.28
84.49
Hyderabad
92.84
86.93
Patna
91.67
84.92
Jaipur
95.75
88.07
Lucknow
87.88
80.07
Thiruvananthapuram
91.17
85.67
Source: Indian Oil Corporation