Today, oil companies have increased the price of petrol and diesel for the fourth consecutive day. Today, the price of diesel has increased from 17 to 19 paise, while the price of petrol has increased by a maximum of 7 paise. With this increase, the price of petrol has reached beyond 90 in many cities of the country. Parbhani in Maharashtra has reached Rs 90.63 per liter, while in Jaipur, diesel has crossed Rs 80. Earlier on Sunday, petrol price was increased by 8 paise and diesel price by 19 paise per liter.
Oil companies have started increasing the prices of petrol and diesel from Friday, November 20. Petrol has become costlier by 47 paise and diesel by 80 paise per liter in these 4 days. Petrol prices were stable from November 22, while diesel prices remained unchanged from October 2 onwards.
Petrol and diesel prices in major cities
| name of the city | Petrol (Rs / liter) | Diesel (Rs / liter) |
| Delhi | 81.53 | 71.23 |
| Mumbai | 88.23 | 77.73 |
| Chennai | 84.59 | 76.72 |
| Indore | 89.24 | 78.91 |
| Bhopal | 89.21 | 78.86 |
| Noida | 82.00 | 71.73 |
| Jaipur | 88.73 | 80.13 |
| Patna | 84.15 | 76.80 |
Petrol-diesel rates are fixed daily at 6 am
Oil marketing companies fix petrol and diesel rates daily after reviewing prices. Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum revise petrol and diesel rates at 6 am daily. You can also know the rate of petrol and diesel through SMS. For this, by writing the code of Indian Oil customer RSP Space Petrol Pump to 9292992249 and BPCL consumers can get information by sending RSP to 9223112222. At the same time, HPCL consumers can know today’s price by writing ‘HPPrice’ to number 9222201122.
