New Delhi: With the gradual opening of the lockdown imposed due to Corona infection, the price of petrol and diesel continues to rise. Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 59 paise per liter for the sixth consecutive day. Government oil companies reintroduced daily changes in fuel prices. Petrol price in the capital Delhi increased from Rs 74.57 to Rs 75.16 per liter. Similarly, the price of diesel increased from Rs 72.81 to Rs 73.39 per liter. In the last seven days, the price of petrol has increased by Rs 3.9 and the price of diesel by four rupees.
In fact, state-owned oil companies have resumed the daily changes in oil prices 82 days since Sunday, since then oil prices have been rising.
Despite increasing the excise duty by Rs 10 on petrol and Rs 13 on diesel on May 6, their prices remained stable. The gains made by companies in the international market as crude oil prices went down to a record low, increased the government’s increased excise duty.
