Petrol price cut by Rs 2/litre, diesel by 0.50 paise
Petrol price was on Monday slashed by Rs 2 per litre while that of
diesel were cut by 0.50 per litre to be effective midnight tonight.
The cut in the prices are inclusive of state levies and will vary from state to state.
Will the cut in the prices, petrol will now cost Rs 61.20 a litre in Delhi while diesel will cost Rs 44.45 a litre.
Earlier
on August 16, oil companies had cut the prices of petrol by Rs 1.27 per
litre while that of diesel was cut by Rs 1.17 per litre.
"Since
last price change (with effect from August 1, 2015), there has been a
decrease in international prices of both petrol and diesel. The
rupee-dollar exchange rate has, however, depreciated during this period.
Combined impact of both these factors warrants a downward revision in
prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with
this price decrease," IndianOil said in a statement.
No comments:
Post a Comment