Petrol prices on upswing

Petrol and Diesel prices today 31 December 2020
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Petrol and Diesel prices today 31 December 2020

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Set to breach all-time high across India

New Delhi: The oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Sunday increased the retail price of petrol by 28 paise a litre to Rs 83.41 per litre in Delhi. Similarly, diesel price also increased by 29 paise a litre to Rs 73.61 a litre.

With this, the current price of petrol in Delhi is just about 60 paise short of breaching the all-time high level of fuel of Rs 84 a litre reached on October 4, 2018. Given the rate the daily increase by OMCs, the milestone may be achieved early next week.

Across the country as well, the retail price of petrol is very close to all-time high levels and will breach the mark this week if retail prices continue to rise daily. In Mumbai, the all-time high petrol price was Rs 91.34 a litre recorded on October 4, 2018. The retail price of petrol there now is Rs 90.05.

The all-time high petrol price in Chennai and Kolkata has been Rs 87.33 and Rs 85.80 a litre and the current prices are Rs 86.25 and Rs 84.90 a litre respectively.

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