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Oil companies have released the prices of petrol and diesel for today. Today companies have not made any change in oil prices. Recently, the government had announced to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel. After this, the price of petrol has been reduced by a maximum of Rs 9 and that of diesel by Rs 7.
Today, a liter of petrol in Delhi is getting Rs 96.72 per liter while diesel is getting Rs 89.62 per liter. The price of petrol in Mumbai is Rs 111.35 and the price of diesel is Rs 97.28 per liter. Petrol in Kolkata costs Rs 106.03 while diesel costs Rs 92.76 per litre. At the same time, in Chennai too, petrol is Rs 102.63 per liter and diesel is Rs 94.24 per liter.
Know how much is the price in major metros
Today the prices of one liter of petrol and diesel in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are as follows.
| city | diesel | petrol |
| Delhi | 89.62 | 96.72 |
| Mumbai | 97.28 | 111.35 |
| Kolkata | 92.76 | 106.03 |
| Chennai | 94.24 | 102.63 |
(Petrol-diesel is priced in Rs. per litre.)
Know how much is the price in your city
You can also know the price of petrol and diesel through SMS. By going to Indian Oil website, you have to send RSP and your city code and send it to the number 9224992249. The code for each city is different, which you will get from the IOCL website.
Let us tell you that the prices of petrol and diesel change every day at 6 am. The new rates are applicable from 6 am onwards. After adding excise duty, dealer commission and other things to the price of petrol and diesel, its price almost doubles.
On the basis of these parameters, oil companies do the work of fixing petrol rate and diesel rate daily. Dealers are people running petrol pumps. They sell petrol themselves at retail prices to the consumers end after adding taxes and their own margins. This cost is also added to the petrol rate and diesel rate.
