Petrol Diesel Price: Oil prices increased for the third time in 10 days, now petrol in Delhi is Rs 99.51 per liter.

New Delhi, 23 May. Amidst the global crisis, the prices of petrol and diesel have once again increased in the country. This time, government oil companies have increased the prices of petrol by 87 paise per liter and diesel by 91 paise per liter. Overall, prices have increased by about Rs 5 per liter in the last 10 days. After the increase on Saturday, the price of petrol in the national capital Delhi has become Rs 99.51 per liter, while the price of diesel is Rs 92.49 per liter.

Apart from Delhi, after the new increase the price of petrol is Rs 108.49 per liter in Mumbai, Rs 110.64 per liter in Kolkata and Rs 105.31 per liter in Chennai. At the same time, the rate of diesel in Mumbai is Rs 95.02 per liter, in Chennai it is Rs 96.98 per liter and in Kolkata it is Rs 97.02 per liter. This is the third increase in fuel rates in the last 10 days amid rising global crude oil prices. On May 15 itself, government oil companies gradually started passing on the burden of increased energy prices to customers due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

Prices were increased by Rs 3 per liter on May 15, followed by an increase of more than 80 paise on May 19. After this increase, the price of petrol reached Rs 98.64 per liter and the price of diesel reached Rs 91.58 per liter. After the increase in oil prices, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders had defended the decision. BJP leaders had compared the rise in oil prices in India and other countries. Also, it was claimed that among the big economies, India was the country where the common citizens had the least burden.

Amit Malviya had written on the social media platform ‘X’ that after the war started in West Asia, there has been a huge jump in the prices of petrol and diesel across the world. Brent crude remained above $100 a barrel for most of April and May due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and disruption of oil supplies. Its impact was directly visible on petrol pumps in almost every economy of the world. But India has emerged as a distinct and notable exception in this whole picture.