Diesel at ₹ 100/ltr mark in Rajasthan; Karnataka sees ₹ 100/ltr petrol

Diesel worth on Saturday breached the ₹ 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan after yet one more enhance in gas charges, which additionally led to Karnataka changing into the seventh state to file ₹ 100 a litre petrol.

Petrol worth was hiked by 27 paise per litre and diesel by 23 paise, in response to a worth notification of state-owned gas retailers.

The hike – twenty third since May 4 – pushed gas costs throughout the nation to new historic highs.

In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time excessive of ₹ 96.12 a litre, whereas diesel is now priced at ₹ 86.98 per litre.

Fuel costs differ from state to state relying on the incidence of native taxes akin to VAT and freight expenses.

And due to this petrol retails at over ₹ 100 per litre mark in six states and union territories – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Ladakh.

Karnataka received added to that checklist with many locations in the state together with Bidar, Bellary, Koppal, Davanagere, Shimoga and Chakmangalur recording over ₹ 100 per litre petrol.

Petrol in the state capital Bengaluru is priced at ₹ 99.39 per litre and a litre of diesel comes for ₹ 92.27.

Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan close to the India-Pakistan border was the primary place in the nation to see petrol hit ₹ 100 a litre mark in mid-February and on Saturday it additionally earned the excellence of diesel crossing that psychological mark.

Petrol in town is bought at ₹ 107.22 a litre – the best charge in the nation, and diesel comes for ₹ 100.05. Premium or additive laced petrol in the city sells for ₹ 110.50 a litre and identical grade diesel at ₹ 103.72.

Rajasthan levies the best VAT on petrol and diesel in the nation, adopted by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Mumbai on May 29 grew to become the primary metro in the nation the place petrol was being bought at over ₹ 100 a litre. Petrol now prices ₹ 102.30 a litre in town and diesel comes for ₹ 94.39.

After Leh, Srinagar too is witnessing close to ₹ 100 a litre petrol (₹ 99.27). Hyderabad too is in the identical league with petrol costing ₹ 99.96.

Petrol sells for ₹ 101.73 a litre in Leh and diesel prices ₹ 93.66.

The hike on Saturday was the twenty third enhance in costs since May 4, when state-owned oil corporations ended an 18-day hiatus in charge revision they noticed throughout meeting elections in states like West Bengal.

In 23 will increase, petrol worth has risen by ₹ 5.72 per litre and diesel by ₹ 6.25 a litre.

Oil corporations revise charges of petrol and diesel every day primarily based on the typical worth of benchmark gas in the worldwide market in the previous 15 days, and overseas alternate charges.

International oil costs have firmed in latest weeks in anticipation of demand restoration following the rollout of vaccination programme by numerous international locations.