Petrol Price Drops Below Rs. 80 Per Litre In Delhi After 12th Consecutive Price Cut

Fuel prices in India have received a price cut for the 12th consecutive day today, and with this, petrol price in the National Capital has come down to Rs. 79.75 per litre. Diesel price, on the other hand, has touched Rs. 73.85 per litre in Delhi on Monday, both receiving a price cut or 30 paise and 20 paise, respectively. Similarly, petrol and diesel rates have gone down in other metro cities as well. In Mumbai, petrol price has dropped to Rs. 85.24 and diesel to Rs. 77.41.

Petrol prices reached a record high of Rs. 84.00 per litre on October 4, while diesel was priced at Rs. 75.45 per litre. In fact, in Mumbai, the price of petrol breached the Rs. 91 mark, post which, the government decided to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs. 1.50 per litre each and asked state-owned fuel retailers to subsidise by another Re 1 a litre by reducing their margins.

In fact, back then even few states like Maharashtra and Gujarat offered similar reduction in local sales tax or VAT rates. In the last 12 days, petrol price has seen a cumulative drop of Rs. 3.08 per litre, while diesel rates went down by a total of Rs. 1.84 a litre.

This continues reduction of petrol and diesel rates come as a great relief for customers after a month of continuous hike, especially, with the ongoing festive season.