Petrol Diesel Price: Diesel rates cut after a month, Petrol above Rs 100

New Delhi: The rate of diesel has come down on Wednesday. Due to the reduction in the price of crude oil, the oil companies have reduced the rate of diesel by 20 paise. Due to this, the rate of diesel in Delhi has gone up to Rs 89.67 per liter. However, petrol is being sold at Rs 101.84 per liter in the national capital. Consumers are facing problems due to rising prices of many other commodities including food items.

Petrol above Rs 100:

The pump price of Petrol-Diesel has been stable since July 18. In Mumbai, where petrol prices crossed the Rs 100 mark for the first time on May 29, it has remained at Rs 107.83 a liter since then. Diesel also costs Rs 97.24 in the city, which is the highest among metros.

Fuel Rates in your city:

Petrol prices in all metros have now crossed Rs 100 per liter.

Petrol costs Rs 102.49 per liter in Chennai and Rs 101.08 per liter in Kolkata.

Diesel is also priced at Rs 94.20 and Rs 92.82 per liter in both the cities respectively.

Let us inform that the month of August has brought the country closer to reaching the pre-Covid level of auto fuel sales. This is an indication that fuel demand is improving with the general economic recovery in the country. While petrol sales have already crossed pre-covid levels for over a month, diesel sales have started to rise and are just 8 per cent lower than touching pre-covid levels by August 15.

State-owned fuel retailers have sold 0.94 million tonnes of petrol between August 1-15, 2021. This is an increase of 9.4 per cent over pulses witnessed in the corresponding period last year and is 3.7 per cent higher than the sales of 0.95 million tonnes in H1 of August, 2019. .

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