Petrol and diesel costlier by ₹ 2.61 and diesel by ₹ 2.71: Petrol-Diesel prices increased for the fourth time in 10 days, this will increase inflation, life of common people will become difficult.

Not only the prices of regular petrol and diesel, but also the prices of premium fuels have increased at the same pace. XP95 which was Rs 106.63 per liter became Rs 109.24 on May 25. The price of XG increased from Rs 97.81 to Rs 100.52 per liter.

With the increase, diesel which was earlier priced at Rs 92.49 per liter in Delhi, will now be sold at Rs 95.20 per liter from today. That means diesel has become costlier by Rs 2.71 per litre. Similarly, earlier the price of petrol was Rs 99.51 per liter, which has increased to Rs 102.12 per liter today on May 25. Today the price of petrol in Mumbai is Rs 111.21 per liter, which is slightly higher than yesterday’s rate of Rs 108.45. The lowest price of petrol here till date was Rs 103 per liter on May 6.

Let us tell you that after the crisis started in the Middle East, the prices of petrol and diesel were increased for the first time on May 15. Then the prices of both the fuels were increased by Rs 3 per liter. After this, on May 19, there was an increase of about 90 paise per liter. Last Saturday (May 23), oil prices were increased by 87 paise. Now for the fourth time within 48 hours, the price of petrol and diesel has been increased by more than Rs 2. In this way, after increasing 4 times, the price has increased by Rs 7.50 per liter till now.