The price of fuels continue to rise in India forconsecutive 7th day. Petrol price in Mumbai is Rs 95.46 per litre as opposed toRs 95.21 per litre on Sunday. Diesel is at Rs 86.31 per litre. It is anincrease of 30 Paise.
Oil-marketing companies increased retail price of fuelfor the seventh consecutive day across India. After the revision of fuelprices, the price of petrol rose by 23-26 paise while price of diesel increasedby 28-30 paise across metropolitan cities.
Petrol Price in Delhi increased to Rs 88.99 per litrewhile the price of Diesel rose to Rs 79.35 per litre. The price rose to Rs90.25 per litre and Rs 82.94 per litre for Petrol and Diesel respectively.
The State and Central taxes comprise of 61% of retailselling price of petrol and 56% of diesel. Brent crude prices rose on Monday inthe international oil market.