On the back of decline in global oil prices, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) slashed price of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.42 per litre and Rs 2.25 per litre respectively. Following the cut, petrol will cost Rs 56.49 per litre (ex-Delhi), while diesel will cost Rs 46.01.
Notably, this reduction marks tenth cut in petrol since August and sixth in diesel since its de-regulation in October. Fuel prices were last revised on January 16 when petrol and diesel prices were reduced by same margin in the wake of falling crude prices.
With both international prices of petrol and diesel continuing their downtrend and the rupee-dollar rates appreciating, Oil Marketing companies went ahead and further reduced fuel prices. These companies also underscored that combined impact of both these factors warranted a decrease in retail selling price of both petrol and diesel. Further, with this development, petrol price is the lowest since September 2010 while diesel is cheapest since March 2013.
Back in January, the government hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre. This was the fourth hike in excise duty since November. Cumulatively, excise duty on petrol was hiked by Rs 7.75 per litre and diesel by Rs 6.50 a litre. But for these, the cumulative reduction of Rs. 17.11 per litre in petrol price in 10 cuts since August and Rs. 12.96 a litre on diesel since its deregulation in October would have been higher.
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