Petrol Diesel Rates Today: Petrol and diesel rates remained unchanged across the four metros on Friday, April 9, 2021. In the national capital, petrol prices were the same as the day before, at Rs 90.56 per litre and diesel too was unchanged at Rs 80.87 per litre, according to data from the Indian Oil Corporation. Currently, fuel prices are the highest in Mumbai among all four metro cities. In Mumbai, petrol is being sold at Rs 96.98 per litre and diesel at Rs 87.96 per litre, according to the state-run oil refiner. Petrol and diesel rates vary across states due to value-added tax (VAT).
Here are the latest petrol and diesel prices across the four metros:
State-run oil marketing firms – Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, as well as Hindustan Petroleum – align the prices of domestic fuel with global crude rates according to the changes in foreign exchange rates, if any. New changes in fuel rates are implemented with effect from 6 am each day.
Meanwhile, the rupee registered losses for the fifth straight session and settled at 74.73 against the dollar. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.30 per cent down at $ 63.01 per barrel.