TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ “The Modi government has unlocked the Corona pandemic and the prices of petrol and diesel,” tweets Rahul Gandhi. Diesel price for the first time in living memory crossed the rate of petrol in the national capital on Wednesday when prices were raised for a record 18th day in a row.
According to a price notification of state oil marketing companies, petrol price was unchanged after 17 consecutive increases, while diesel rates were increased by 48 paise per litre across the country. Diesel now costs Rs 79.88 per litre in Delhi as compared to petrol price of Rs 79.76 a litre. Rates differ from state to state depending on the incidence of VAT.
However, diesel is costlier than petrol only in the national capital where the state government had raised local sales tax or VAT on the fuel sharply last month. Petrol costs Rs 86.54 a litre in Mumbai and diesel is priced at Rs 78.22.