New Delhi, October 16
Government-owned oil companies today announced a 33 to 53 paise hike per litre of petrol and 32 to 57 paise per litre increase in the diesel price from midnight tonight.
Petrol will cost Rs 30.24 a litre in New Delhi as against the prevailing Rs 29.91 per litre, while the diesel price will increase to Rs 19.23 per litre from Rs 18.91, a spokesperson for the Indian Oil Corporation told PTI here.
This is the fourth consecutive fortnight that prices of transport fuel have been hiked to offset the effect of high international crude prices.
In Kolkata, the petrol price has been hiked by 33 paise to Rs 31.68 per litre while in Mumbai, the prices will go up from Rs 34.42 per litre to Rs 34.95, an increase of 53 paise.
Chennai will see a hike of 35 paise in the petrol selling price to Rs 32.77 a litre from Rs 32.42.
Similarly, the diesel price in Kolkata has been increased by 32 paise per litre to Rs 20.62 a litre, by 57 paise in Mumbai to Rs 24.54 and by 35 paise in Chennai to Rs 21.16 per litre.
