NEW DELHI : For the 16th consecutive day today, fuel prices were hiked in India. State-run oil marketing companies increased the price of petrol by 33 paise a litre and that of diesel by 58 paise a litre.
In these 16 days, petrol price has gone up by ₹8.3 a litre and diesel price by ₹9.46 a litre.Diesel touched a new record high level today in Delhi as prices now touch ₹79 for the first time in history.
Diesel price is ₹3 higher now than the last peak of ₹75.69 touched on 16th October 2018.Petrol price, on the other hand, is at a 19-month high level in India.
Petrol's lifetime record high is ₹84 in New Delhi reached on 4th October, 2018.Latest petrol, diesel prices in top cities:New Delhi: Petrol ₹79.56.