Petrol, diesel prices remained unaffected on Wednesday, Goodreturns website showed. Prices across major cities including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai did not mark any shift from yesterday’s figures.
In Delhi-NCR petrol prices were marked at ₹96.72 for the national capital, ₹97.10 for Gurugram, ₹ 96.77 for Noida, the data showed. Mumbai’s petrol price was marked at ₹106.31.
Meanwhile, as per the data citing prices in capital cities, Andhra Pradesh had the costliest petrol Wednesday, priced at ₹111.76, while the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar had the lowest price at ₹84.10. In Hyderabad, the petrol was priced at 109.66 while in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow, it was ₹96.57.
Here’s the list of petrol, diesel prices in major cities today:
| CITIES | PETROL (per litre) | DIESEL (per litre) |
| Delhi | ₹96.72 | ₹89.62 |
| Kolkata | ₹106.03 | ₹92.76 |
| Mumbai | ₹106.31 | ₹94.27 |
| Chennai | ₹102.63 | ₹94.24 |
| Bengaluru | ₹101.94 | ₹87.89 |
After the Indian government deregulated the prices of petrol and diesel in 2010 and 2014 respectively, the retail prices of these fuels are decided by the oil marketing companies such as Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum, to align with the global crude prices. The prices are adjusted daily at 6 am in accordance with the prevailing price of crude oil worldwide.
In 2017, it was also decided that new prices would be released daily as compared to previous norm of fortnightly revision.
