Petrol nears 95 in Mumbai as rate hiked for fifth day in a row

  • Petrol price was increased by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 36 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai. (REUTERS)
A worker holds a nozzle to pump petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai.

Petrol price in Mumbai neared record 95 per litre mark on Saturday as its rate as well as diesel prices were hiked for the fifth day in a row.

Petrol price was increased by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 36 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

This took petrol price to an all-time high of 88.414 a litre in Delhi while diesel rate climbed to 78.74.

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In Mumbai, petrol price soared to 94.93 per litre and diesel price jumped to record 85.70 a litre.

In five days this week, price has gone up by 1.51 per litre for petrol while diesel rate has risen by 1.56 a litre.

The relentless hike in prices has been criticised by the opposition parties, including Congress that has demanded an immediate cut in taxes to ease the burden on the common man.

However, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday had told Parliament that the government is not considering a reduction in excise duty to cool rates from their record highs.

Rates have risen as international oil prices touched USD 61 per barrel for the first time in more than a year on improving demand outlook amid the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, he had said.

Central and state taxes make up for over 61 per cent of the retail selling price of petrol and about 56 per cent of diesel.

The Union government levies 32.9 per litre of excise duty on petrol and 31.80 a litre on diesel.

Retail petrol rates have risen by 18.87 per litre since mid-March 2020 after the government raised taxes by a record margin to mop up gains arising from fall in international oil prices. Diesel rates have gone up by 16.45.

First Published Date: 13 Feb 2021, 13:34 PM IST
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