On Wednesday, the oil marketing companies have kept the prices of petrol and diesel fairly unchanged in almost all major cities.The petrol prices hovered at ₹106.31 a litre in Mumbai, ₹96.72 in New Delhi, ₹106.03 in Kolkata and ₹102.63 per litre in Chennai. The diesel prices stood at ₹94.24 in Chennai, ₹94.27 in Mumbai, ₹92.76 in Kolkata, and ₹89.62 in New Delhi respectively.Meanwhile, Raghav Chadha tweeted a few hours back that he is not happy with the BJP governments performance in handling the rates. LPG: 400 से 1100/CylinderPetrol: ₹55 से ₹100/LDiesel: ₹45 से ₹90/LMilk: ₹36 से ₹60/LWhile the BJP government stormed to power lamenting price rises, since 2014, the prices of essential commodities have increased almost three times under its reign. pic.twitter.com/kinCCMX4q1— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) September 13, 2023 For the unversed, in India, petrol and diesel prices undergo revision every day and the rates are announced daily at 6AM.Meanwhile, both petrol and diesel prices have stayed more or less unchanged since May 21, 2021. This was the period when the Union government had reduced the central excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹8 per litre and ₹6 per litre respectively.
