Petrol gets high: Prices now above Rs 84/litre in Mumbai, Rs 76 in Delhi

This is the seventh straight day of petrol price increase since oil PSUs on May 14 resumed daily price revision after a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus

Petrol price on Sunday touched a record high of Rs 76.24 per litre and diesel climbed to its highest ever level of Rs 67.57 as the oil public sector undertakings (PSUs) passed on four weeks of relentless rise in international oil prices to consumers. Petrol price today increased by 33 paisa a litre in Delhi —the highest since the daily price revision came into force in mid-June 2017, and diesel by 26 paisa, according to price notification issued by state-owned oil firms.

Rates vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax or value-added tax (VAT).