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. 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.
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