India: After a two-day pause, petrol and diesel price today was again hiked by 35 paise per litre, sending retail pump prices to their highest ever level across the country.
The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of ₹ 104.79 a litre and ₹ 110.75 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
In Mumbai, diesel now comes for ₹ 101.40 a litre; while in Delhi, it costs ₹ 93.52.
This is the 13th time that petrol price has been hiked in two weeks while diesel rates have gone up on 16 times in three weeks.
There was no change in rates on October 12 and 13.
