New Delhi: Recently, after the exemption in nationwide lockdown, the government has increased the duty on petrol by Rs 10 per liter and excise duty on diesel by Rs 13 per liter. The government of Assam, Delhi, Chennai, Haryana, Punjab, UP and Uttarakhand had decided to increase the prices of petrol and diesel by increasing VAT. According to sources, the oil companies will resume daily review of petrol and diesel prices after the lockdown is lifted.
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Companies will review their advantages and disadvantages as excise duty increases. In case of increase in the price of crude oil, companies can also increase the price of oil. However, the price of petrol and diesel has not changed today. Today, customers will have to pay only the Monday price for one liter of petrol and diesel. According to the IOCL, the price of one liter of petrol in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai is 71.26, 76.31, 73.30 and 75.54 per liter respectively. Talking about diesel, its price in the said metros is Rs 69.39, 66.21, 65.62 and 68.22 respectively.
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You can know the price of petrol and diesel in your city through SMS. According to the website of IndianOil, you have to write RSP and your city code and send it to number 9224992249. The code for each city is different, which you will get from the IOCL website.