<p>After two days of lull, petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were again hiked by 35 paise per litre each, pushing rates to new highs across the country.</p>.<p>The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 106.19 a litre and Rs 112.11 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.</p>.<p>In Mumbai, diesel now comes for Rs 102.89 a litre; while in Delhi, it costs Rs 94.92.</p>.<p>The rate hike comes after two days of no changes. Prior to that, for four straight days prices were hiked by 35 paise per litre each.</p>.<p>With this rise, petrol is now at Rs 100-a-litre mark or more in all state capitals while diesel has touched the level in over a dozen states. Diesel crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Panaji and Ranchi.</p>.<p>The costliest fuel is in the border town of Ganganagar in Rajasthan where petrol comes for Rs 118.23 a litre and diesel for Rs 109.04.</p>.<p>Since ending of a three-week long hiatus in rate revision in the last week of September, this is the 17th increase in petrol price and the 20th time that diesel rates have gone up.</p>.<p>While petrol price in most of the country is already above Rs 100-a-litre mark, diesel rates have crossed that level in over a dozen states/UT including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Goa and Ladakh.</p>.<p>Prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.</p>.<p>International benchmark Brent crude is trading at $84.43 per barrel on Wednesday for the first time in seven years.</p>.<p>A month back, Brent was trading at $73.92.</p>.<p>Being a net importer of oil, India prices petrol and diesel at rates equivalent to international prices.</p>.<p>The surge in international oil prices ended a three-week hiatus in rate revision on September 28 for petrol and September 24 for diesel.</p>.<p>Since then, diesel rate has gone up by Rs 6.50 per litre and petrol price has increased by Rs 5.</p>.<p>Prior to that, petrol price was increased by Rs 11.44 a litre between May 4 and July 17. Diesel rate had gone up by Rs 9.14 during this period.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>
<p>After two days of lull, petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were again hiked by 35 paise per litre each, pushing rates to new highs across the country.</p>.<p>The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 106.19 a litre and Rs 112.11 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.</p>.<p>In Mumbai, diesel now comes for Rs 102.89 a litre; while in Delhi, it costs Rs 94.92.</p>.<p>The rate hike comes after two days of no changes. Prior to that, for four straight days prices were hiked by 35 paise per litre each.</p>.<p>With this rise, petrol is now at Rs 100-a-litre mark or more in all state capitals while diesel has touched the level in over a dozen states. Diesel crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Panaji and Ranchi.</p>.<p>The costliest fuel is in the border town of Ganganagar in Rajasthan where petrol comes for Rs 118.23 a litre and diesel for Rs 109.04.</p>.<p>Since ending of a three-week long hiatus in rate revision in the last week of September, this is the 17th increase in petrol price and the 20th time that diesel rates have gone up.</p>.<p>While petrol price in most of the country is already above Rs 100-a-litre mark, diesel rates have crossed that level in over a dozen states/UT including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Goa and Ladakh.</p>.<p>Prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.</p>.<p>International benchmark Brent crude is trading at $84.43 per barrel on Wednesday for the first time in seven years.</p>.<p>A month back, Brent was trading at $73.92.</p>.<p>Being a net importer of oil, India prices petrol and diesel at rates equivalent to international prices.</p>.<p>The surge in international oil prices ended a three-week hiatus in rate revision on September 28 for petrol and September 24 for diesel.</p>.<p>Since then, diesel rate has gone up by Rs 6.50 per litre and petrol price has increased by Rs 5.</p>.<p>Prior to that, petrol price was increased by Rs 11.44 a litre between May 4 and July 17. Diesel rate had gone up by Rs 9.14 during this period.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>