After the petrol and diesel prices reached sky-high earlier this month, it has come to light that the fuel rates have remained unchanged across the country for the 13th consecutive day on Friday, July 30, 2021.
Since, May 4, fuel prices have been on the rise in the country after the assembly elections in states and union territories including West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
At present, the petrol price in Mumbai is INR 107.83, while diesel is retailing at INR 97.45. In the city’s neighbouring areas of Thane and Navi Mumbai, the prices of petrol and diesel stood at Rs 107.90 and Rs 97.57 respectively. On May 29, prices of petrol breached the Rs 100 mark for the first time in Mumbai.
According to reports, so far in July, petrol prices have been hiked nine times while diesel rates have witnessed a rise on five occasions and a cut on one occasion.
Meanwhile, in June, both the auto fuel prices were hiked on 16 occasions, which followed the 16 hikes in the month of May. During this period, petrol price has increased by INR 11.44 per litre and diesel has climbed by INR 9.14 approximately.
Following this hike, the price of petrol crossed the INR 100-per-litre mark in at least 19 states and union territories including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Ladakh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, Sikkim, Puducherry, Delhi and West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
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