Petrol and diesel worth as we speak: Prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged throughout the nation for the third straight day on Friday, August 27, 2021. Earlier this week on Tuesday, petrol and diesel costs had been minimize by 15 paise per litre every within the nationwide capital.
The worth of petrol in Delhi stands at Rs 101.49 per litre whereas that of diesel is at Rs 88.92. In Mumbai, petrol presently prices Rs 107.52, whereas diesel is retailing at Rs 96.48, information accessible on Indian Oil Corporation’s web site confirmed.
So far in August, petrol costs have been minimize twice whereas diesel charges have been diminished on 5 cases. In July, petrol costs had been hiked 9 occasions whereas diesel charges had been raised on 5 events and minimize on one event. In June, each the auto gasoline costs had been hiked on 16 events, which adopted the 16 hikes within the month of May after the oil advertising corporations (OMCs) resumed their worth revisions ending an 18-day hiatus that coincided with the meeting elections in key states. Since May 4, petrol worth has elevated by Rs 11.09 per litre and diesel has climbed by Rs 8.19 in New Delhi.
In India, the gasoline costs differ from state to state relying on the native taxation (VAT) and freight fees. Apart from this, the central authorities fees an excise responsibility on auto fuels.
The OMCs revise charges of petrol and diesel every day primarily based on the common worth of benchmark gasoline within the worldwide market within the previous 15-days, and overseas alternate charges.
In the worldwide market, oil costs rose on Friday, on observe to put up massive positive factors for the week, on worries about close to time period provide disruptions as vitality corporations started shutting in manufacturing within the Gulf of Mexico forward of a possible hurricane forecast to hit on the weekend, information company Reuters reported earlier within the day.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed 16 cents (0.2 per cent) to $67.58 a barrel at 0111 GMT, clawing again a 1.4 per cent loss on Thursday. WTI is headed for a weekly acquire of greater than 8 per cent, which might be its strongest rise since early February. Brent crude futures equally rose 16 cents (0.2 per cent) to $71.23 a barrel, after falling 1.6 per cent on Thursday. Brent is on observe for an increase of greater than 9 per cent this week, its largest weekly leap since June 2020 totally on aid that China has contained an outbreak of the Delta variant, the report stated.
Here’s what you pay for a litre of petrol and diesel in your metropolis on Friday, August 27, 2021:
City
Petrol (Rs/litre)
Diesel (Rs/litre)
New Delhi
101.49
88.92
Mumbai
107.52
96.48
Kolkata
101.82
91.98
Chennai
99.20
93.52
Bengaluru
104.98
94.34
Hyderabad
105.54
96.99
Patna
103.99
94.75
Bhopal
109.91
97.72
Jaipur
108.42
98.06
Lucknow
98.56
89.29
Thiruvananthapuram
103.69
95.68
Source: Indian Oil Corporation
