In some places in Uttar Pradesh, Hattisgarh and Nagaland, the price of petrol is Rs 100 per liter. Vehicle fuel prices rose again on Saturday. According to public sector petroleum companies, petrol prices have been hiked by 35 paise per liter and diesel by 26 paise per liter. Because of this, petrol and diesel prices have reached historic highs in the country.
In the capital Delhi, petrol costs Rs 100.91 per liter. But diesel costs Rs 89.88 per liter. Fuel prices vary from state to state due to value added tax (VAT) and freight charges. After this hike, petrol prices have crossed Rs 100 per liter in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Kanpur, Kanker, Jashpur and Narayanpur districts.
Because of this, SBI’s Net Banking Service will be closed today and tomorrow, just in time
Petrol in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Ladakh, Sikkim and Puducherry have already cost Rs. Diesel, the most consumed fuel in the country, costs Rs. Earlier this week, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri declined to say anything on the matter. He said, “Now I need to get the full information on the matter. Only then will I be able to say anything on it.”
Puri was in charge of the Petroleum Ministry on July 8. In Delhi, taxes account for 55 per cent of the retail price of petrol. 32.90 per liter. Excise is a tariff and is levied by the central government. 22.80 per liter Value added tax is levied by the state government. At the same time, the share of taxes on diesel prices is 50 percent. The excise duty will be Rs 31.80 per liter and VAT will be Rs 13.04 per liter. Petrol rates have been increased 38 times since May 4. Petrol costs Rs 10.51 per liter. At the same time, diesel prices have been increased by 36 times to Rs 9.15 per liter.
