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Hike in petrol, diesel rates after global oil price jump
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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Jan, 2021
Petrol and diesel prices rose sharply by 25 paise per litre on Wednesday
after oil marketing companies decided to break the momentary pause in
the wake of a sudden spike in the global oil prices.
Accordingly,
in the national capital, petrol was sold at the new record high level
of Rs 84.45 from the previous days of Rs 84.20 a litre while diesel
price increased to Rs 74.63 per litre as against Rs 74.38 a litre
earlier.
Across the country as well the pump price of petrol and
diesel increased on Wednesday but the quantum varied depending on the
prevailing tax structure in each state.
Auto fuel price rise was
on hold for the last five days after the petrol and diesel prices had
increased on two successive days last Wednesday and Thursday taking
gasoline to record high levels in Delhi while keeping its prices very
close to record high levels in other metro cities.
But, the OMCs
ran out of patience on Wednesday as global crude prices have risen
sharply lately taking benchmark Brent crude price to over $57 a barrel
now and rising. The rise is primarily on account of Saudi Arabia's
decision on unilateral production cuts to balance oil prices on pandemic
affected demand reduction in an oversupplied market.
At Rs 84.45
a litre in Delhi, petrol price has breached the highest level in the
national capital after October 4, 2018, when the rate had risen to Rs 84
a litre.
The OMCs' patience of holding back fuel prices was
broken last week on Wednesday when they increased the retail price of
petrol and diesel for the first time this year after over a month-long
pause.
Petrol price was very close to breaching the all-time high
level of Rs 84 a litre (reached on October 4, 2018) when it touched Rs
83.71 a litre on December 7, 2020. But the march had been halted ever
since then with no price revision by the OMCs.
Oil companies
executives said that petrol and diesel prices may increase further in
coming days as retail prices may have to be balanced in line with global
developments to prevent OMCs from making losses on the sale of auto
fuels.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
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