Fuel price shoots again: Diesel crosses ₹100-mark in this Indian city
With a shoot up in price of fuels on Saturday, diesel breached the Rs-100 mark in Mumbai. Price of per litre petrol was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 35 paise a litre, as per a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
Fuel prices have been hiked for four days in a row, and this is the fifth consecutive day of price hike that has pushed fuel rates to a new record high. Diesel in Mumbai now costs ₹100.29 per litre while in Delhi, it costs ₹92.47 for a litre.
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The price of petrol in the capital rose to its highest-ever level of ₹103.84 a litre and the price in Mumbai is ₹109.83 per litre. Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the local taxes applied.
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The fresh series of price hikes for motor fuels come on the back of the increasing price of crude oil in the international market. With OPEC+ deciding not to increase the production of crude oil, the price of per barrel crude in the international market has increased by $82. Even a month back, the price of per barrel crude oil in the international market was $72. This large proportional fuel rate hike has impacted domestic motor fuel prices.
India imports around 85 per cent of its total fuel demand from overseas countries. Thus, changes in the international crude oil market affects the domestic fuel costs in the country. Further, a high excise duty rate in the country makes things worse. Other components that increase the price of petrol and diesel here include variable VAT amounts imposed by the state governments, dealer commission, freight charges etc.
In the last two years, excise duty on fuel has increased substantially. This has resulted in incessant hike in motor fuel prices. Even earlier this year, petrol and diesel prices have seen a massive spike.
