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Petrol prices unchanged after rising over Rs 3 per litre in 12 days
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Feb, 2021
After an incessant increase in petrol prices to new record high levels
for the past 12 days, oil marketing companies (OMC) have kept the
prices of the fuel unchanged across metros on Sunday.
In the past 12 days, petrol prices have increased in the range of Rs 3.2 per litre (Kolkata) to Rs 3.63 a litre in Delhi.
On
Sunday, price of the fuel in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata was at
Rs 90.58, Rs 97.00, Rs 92.59, Rs 91.7 per litre, respectively,
unchanged from the previous levels.
In the past few days, petrol
and diesel prices increased with steep hikes, pinching the consumers
harder, and drawing criticism for the government from several quarters
along with the opposition.
The steepest hike in the past several
months came on Saturday with OMCs increasing the price of petrol and
diesel by 39 paisa and 37 paisa per litre respectively in the national.
On Sunday, diesel prices also were unchanged and in the national capital, it was at Rs 80.97 per litre.
In
Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, the fuel was sold at Rs 88.06, Rs 85.98
and Rs 84.56 per litre, respectively, all same as Saturday's levels.
Across
the country the surge in fuel prices off late has been in the range of
35-40 paisa per litre depending on the level of local taxes on the two
petroleum products.
Premium petrol has crossed Rs 100 per litre mark in several cities of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra a few days back.
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