Check out the latest petrol and diesel prices in Mumbai, Delhi, and other cities on May 19.

  • May 19, 2022, 12:07 p.m.

Prices of petrol and diesel have remained steady for over 40 days now. Since the end of a four-and-a-half-month-long stop in rate revision on March 22, rates of petrol and diesel have increased by Rs 10 a litre each through 14 revisions. Fuel prices were last hiked on April 6 by 80 paise a litre each.

According to a price notification from fuel retailers, petrol in Delhi costs Rs 105.41 a litre and diesel Rs 96.67 a litre.

In Mumbai, petrol and diesel prices are at Rs 120.51 and Rs 104.77 respectively. In Chennai, petrol costs Rs 110.85 and diesel Rs 100.94 . In Kolkata, petrol is at Rs 115.12 and diesel Rs 99.83.

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) began to raise retail prices of fuel on March 22. In March, the hike was Rs 6.40 a litre each and in April the hike was Rs 3.60 a litre each. In May, there has been no change in prices, so far.

India meets 80 percent of its oil needs through imports. Retail rates are adjusted according to the global movement in crude prices.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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