Petrol price hiked by Rs 3.13 a litre, diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre, with effect from midnight tonight.
The last time the government increased prices of both petrol and diesel was on April 30.
At that time, after two rounds of cuts, petrol prices were raised by Rs 3.96 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.37 a litre, tracking global cues.
Prices of petrol in Delhi (before today’s hike) were Rs 63.16 a litre; while diesel cost Rs 49.57 per litre, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest oil company, had said.
State-owned fuel retailers IOC, Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) revise petrol and diesel prices on 1st and 16th of every month based on average imported cost and rupee-dollar exchange rate in the previous fortnight.
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