Petrol, diesel and CNG prices today: Latest rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other cities on May 30
Petrol and diesel prices stayed unchanged on May 30, while Mumbai saw a fresh CNG price hike. Check latest fuel rates across major cities.
Petrol and diesel prices stayed unchanged on May 30, while Mumbai saw a fresh CNG price hike. Check latest fuel rates across major cities.
Fresh fuel price hikes have pushed up CNG, petrol and diesel rates across major cities, raising concerns over commuting costs and inflation.
With price pause on Friday, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 100.56 a litre and diesel 89.62 a litre in the national capital.
The only way retail prices could be brought down in this period is by way of tax cuts by both Centre and States, suggests experts as crude oil prices are seen rising from here on.
Across the country as well the fuel prices remained unchanged. Fuel prices were last revised on Tuesday.
The petrol and diesel prices have increased 26 times in 2021 with the two auto fuels increasing by Rs 7.46 and Rs 7.60 per litre respectively so far this year.
Crude has now slipped 6 per cent in the last six days and is now sitting a tab lower around $ 64.5 a barrel on the back of rising US inventory.
In Mumbai, petrol prices are just Rs 3 per litre short (Rs 97.34 a litre) of touching the three digit mark for the very first time ever. Diesel prices in the city are closing in on Rs 90 a litre (Rs 88.44/ litre).
With this latest hike, petrol has breached Rs 90 per litre-mark across all metros and around all major cities of the country.
Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT and freight charges.
