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Petrol, diesel price hike today

Mumbai, January 1
In view of a spurt in crude prices in international markets, national oil companies will tomorrow announce an increase in petrol and diesel prices after a gap of two consecutive fortnights.

“The companies shall announce revised prices tomorrow. There will be a slight increase from the ruling prices as per the import parity”, Union Petroleum Secretary S.K. Chaturvedi said here today.

On November 30 last year, the national oil companies IOC, BPCL and HPCL had slashed petrol and diesel prices by 59 to 72 paise per litre with petrol at Rs 28.91 per litre in Delhi and diesel at Rs 18.06 per litre. PTI