Friday, 8 January 2021

Petrol price surges to all-time high in Delhi



The petrol price reached an all-time high in Delhi after an increase of 23 paise on Thursday. The current petrol price is Rs 84.20 per litre.

There was also a hike in diesel price by 26 paise. The diesel price has now increased to Rs 74.38 per litre. 

The all-time high of petrol price at Rs 84 per litre was witnessed on October 4, 2018. The all-time high price of diesel was Rs 81.94 on July 30, 2020.

On Wednesday, the petrol and diesel prices were hiked in Delhi after almost a month. There was a hike of 26 and 25 paise per litre in the prices of petrol and diesel respectively.

Prior to that, the petrol and diesel prices were increased for the last time on December 7 in the national capital. A litre of petrol and diesel cost Rs 83.71 and Rs 73.87 respectively.