Chhattisgarh: Private bus operators to go on strike from today
India | July 13, 2021 7:38 ISTThe strike may inconvenience commuters as around 12,000 private buses that ply in the state may go off the roads.
The strike may inconvenience commuters as around 12,000 private buses that ply in the state may go off the roads.
Across the country as well, petrol prices increased in the range of 25-35 paise per litre, diesel prices reduced by 15-20 paise per litre.
Petrol is retailing at over Rs 101 per litre and diesel at more than Rs 92 in West Bengal, while domestic LPG touched Rs 861 per cylinder.
Petrol price has already crossed Rs 100-mark in more than half of the country. Petrol price rose to Rs 106.97 a litre in Mumbai with an increase of 38 paise from the previous day price.
After crossing $77 a barrel, global crude prices have softened a bit with differences surfacing in oil cartel OPEC over continuation of production cuts.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will stage a sit-in protest across West Bengal rising fuel prices in the country on July 10 and 11.
Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges.
Accordingly, the retail price of petrol increased by 35 paise per litre in the national capital on Friday to Rs 99.16 while diesel prices maintained previous days price line of Rs 89.18 a litre.
Petrol and diesel prices in India have been hiked again pushing the rates to fresh all-time record highs. In many states, the petrol prices have already crossed the Rs 100 mark, while diesel charges are also nearing the set mark.
Starting from a price line of Rs 90.40 a litre on May 1, petrol is now priced at Rs 98.81 a litre in the national capital, rising by a sharp Rs 8.41 per litre in the last 60 days.
His remarks came a day after petrol prices were hiked by 31 to 35 paise while diesel by 26 to 30 paise on June 29, taking the fuel prices across the country to a historic high.
Fuel prices in the country have been on the rise in the last few months.
In Mumbai and Kolkata, the fuel was sold for Rs 104.56 and Rs 98.30 per litre, respectively.
Petrol is now retailing above Rs 100 per liter in many parts of the country. Diesel, too, has climbed to levels never seen before in the country which is causing difficulties to the people.
As compared to Friday, petrol and diesel have become costlier by 35 paise per litre. Residents of Delhi say that they are facing hardship as fuel prices have increased again.
The hike on Tuesday was the 28th increase in prices since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during assembly elections in states like West Bengal.
On Tuesday, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of petrol and diesel between 25-30 paise per litre across the four metros.
Taking a jibe at the central government for the continued increase in fuel prices, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed it a "PhD in tax recovery".
Petrol is selling for Rs 97.22 per litre in Delhi on Sunday, up from Rs 96.93 on Saturday.
In Mumbai, where petrol price crossed Rs 100 mark for the first time ever on May 29, the fuel price reached new high of Rs 103.08 per litre on Friday. Diesel price also increased in the city by 30 paisa per litre to reach Rs 95.14 a litre, the highest among metros.
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