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Petrol price increased by Rs. 2 per litre


The hike, which is effective from Saturday midnight, is excluding local sales tax or VAT and actual increase for consumers will be higher.
Petrol price in Delhi was hiked by Rs 2.40 a litre to Rs 66.39 from Rs 63.99 previously.
This is the second increase in rates this month. Oil firms had from June 1 hiked prices by 75 paisa, excluding VAT.
However unlike last time, there will be no change in price of diesel.
“Since last price change, the slide in Rupee (against the US dollar) has continued and the USD-INR Exchange rate has deteriorated from Rs 55.32 to Rs 57.08 per USD,” said Indian Oil Corporation, the nation’s largest oil firm.
IOC said international petrol prices have also hardened during this period. “The combined impact of both these factors, mainly depreciation of the rupee, has warranted the increase in petrol prices by Rs 2 per litre (excluding VAT),” it said in a statement on Saturday.
The June 1 increase in petrol price was the first in three months. The previous hike was on March 1, which was followed by rates being cut four times on falling global oil prices.
Diesel prices has been hiked on five occasions since January when the government authorised state-owned oil firms to increase prices by up to 50 paisa per litre every month till entire losses on the fuel are wiped out.
Since diesel price was hiked by 50 paisa, excluding VAT, on June 1, the next increase will happen at the month end.
IOC said the devaluation of rupee has led to widening of losses on diesel and cooking fuel.
Losses on diesel have widened to Rs 6.31 a litre from Rs 4.87 at the beginning of the month.
Besides, oil firms are also losing Rs 27.75 per litre on kerosene and Rs 335.14 on sale of every 14.2-kg domestic cooking gas (LPG) cylinder.
The company said at current rate IOC would end the fiscal with a total revenue loss of about Rs 60,000 crore while the industry (IOC plus other state-owned fuel marketing firms) would incur around Rs 1,12,500 crore loss.


Petrol will become dearer by by 2 rupees a litre, excluding VAT The revised rates will come into effect from midnight tonight. In Delhi, the consumers will have to pay 66 rupees and 39 paise a litre, in Mumbai 74 rupees and 60 paise, in Chennai 69 rupees and 39 paise while in Kolkata petrol will cost 73 rupees and 79 paise per litre.

The Indian Oil Corporation in a statement said that the hike was necessitated due to devaluation of rupee against dollar which had made the import of crude oil costlier. This is the second increase in rates this month.

Oil marketing companies had raised petrol prices by 75 paise excluding VAT a litre on 1st of this month.

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