While petrol price was cut by 13 paise per litre on Saturday, diesel rates dropped by 12 paise, price notification of state-owned fuel retailers said.
Diesel price on Saturday fell below ₹ 73 a litre mark while petrol saw a second reduction in rates in six months, according to state-owned fuel retailers.While petrol price was cut by 13 paise per litre on Saturday, diesel rates dropped by 12 paise, price notification of state-owned fuel retailers said.Also Read | Supreme Court rejects plea against petrol price hikePetrol price in the National Capital Region fell to ₹1.86 a litre from ₹81.99 per litre. This is the second reduction in rates in three days.Petrol price was for the first time cut in six months on September 10 when rates were reduced by 9 paise a litre.Diesel price fell to ₹72.93 per litre in the national capital from ₹73.05.Diesel rates had seen their first reduction since mid-March on September 3. Since then, rates have fallen by 63 paise.The September 3 was the first reduction in diesel price since mid-March when Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) froze rates for 82 days to adjust a record hike in excise duty on auto fuels against falling benchmark cost.Also Read | Fleecing fuel users: On hike in petrol, diesel pricesDiesel rates had gone up by ₹12.55 a litre between June 7, when oil firms resumed revising prices in line with cost, and July 25. Diesel price has remained unchanged in the country since July 25, except in Delhi where a reduction in VAT lowered the rate by ₹8.38 per litre.Petrol price went up by ₹9.17 per litre between June 7 and June 29 before hitting a pause. The revision cycle again started on August 16 and rates have gone up by ₹1.51 since then. In all, the petrol price has risen by ₹10.68 since June 7.State-owned fuel retailers revise rates of petrol and diesel daily based on the average price of benchmark fuel in the preceding 15 days.
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