Continuing an eleven-month trend of price stability, the cost of petrol and diesel remained unchanged in major cities on Friday.
In India, petrol prices are revised daily at 6am by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) like Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum in accordance with the international prices.
Earlier, fuel prices were revised every fortnight. In 2014, Centre deregulated the Fuel prices and as of 2017, the cost of petrol and diesel is updated every day. The government controls the fuel prices through excise duty, base prices and cap prices at which dealers and OMCs deal with each other.
Here are the fuel prices of the top Indian cities:
CITY PETROL (Rs/LITRE) DIESEL (Rs/LITRE)
DELHI 96.72 89.62
KOLKATA 106.03 92.76
MUMBAI 106.31 94.27
CHENNAI 102.63 94.24
BENGALURU 101.94 87.89
The fuel prices are not covered under goods and services tax (GST). While the Centre collects excise duty, the states collect VAT.
The most recent nationwide adjustment was made in May 2022 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who slashed the excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹8 per litre and ₹6 per litre, respectively.