Petrol and diesel worth at this time: Prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged throughout the nation for the second consecutive day on Thursday, June 3, 2021. The key gasoline costs had touched file highs on June 1, when petrol rose by 26 paise per litre whereas diesel inched up 23 paise within the nationwide capital.
The worth of petrol in Delhi stands at Rs 94.49 per litre whereas that of diesel is at Rs 85.38. In Mumbai, petrol presently prices Rs 100.72, whereas diesel is retailing at Rs 92.69, knowledge obtainable on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.
So far in June, the auto gasoline costs have been raised on just one event, nevertheless, they had been hiked 16 instances in May after oil advertising and marketing firms (OMCs) resumed their worth revisions ending an 18-day hiatus that coincided with the meeting elections in key states.
Following the current hikes up to now one month, petrol costs have already crossed the Rs 100-mark in a number of cities in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Bhopal grew to become the primary state capital to have petrol hit the three-figure mark adopted by Jaipur and Mumbai.
Fuel costs within the nation differ from state to state relying on the native taxation (VAT) and freight fees. Apart from this, the central authorities fees an excise obligation on auto fuels.
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. Centre levies Rs 32.90 per litre of excise obligation on petrol and Rs 31.80 a litre on diesel.
Petrol and diesel costs typically get revised every day in step with benchmark worldwide worth and overseas trade charges.
In the worldwide market, oil costs rose for a 3rd day on Thursday on expectations of a surge in gasoline demand later this 12 months, notably within the United States and Europe and China, on the similar time main producers are sustaining provide self-discipline, information company Reuters reported earlier within the day.
Brent crude futures had been up 40 cents (0.6 per cent) at $71.75 a barrel by 0635 GMT, after earlier reaching the very best since September 2019. The worldwide benchmark gained 1.6 per cent on Wednesday. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 34 cents (0.5 per cent) to $69.17 a barrel. Prices earlier rose to as a lot as $69.40, probably the most since October 2018, after gaining 1.5 per cent within the earlier session, the report mentioned.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Thursday, June 3, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
New Delhi
94.49
85.38
Mumbai
100.72
92.69
Kolkata
94.50
88.23
Chennai
95.99
90.12
Bengaluru
97.64
90.51
Hyderabad
98.20
93.08
Patna
96.64
90.66
Bhopal
102.61
93.89
Jaipur
101.02
94.19
Lucknow
91.83
85.77
Thiruvananthapuram
96.47
91.74
Source: Indian Oil Corporation