Summary:
On Friday petrol price was hiked by a steep 29 paise per litre and diesel by 31 paise a litre according to a price notification by state-owned fuel retailers. This took the price of petrol in Delhi to Rs 91.27 per litre and that of diesel to Rs 81.73. In Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan petrol touched Rs 102.15 a litre prices from oil companies showed. In Anuppur of Madhya Pradesh petrol now costs Rs 101.86 while it is priced at Rs 99.95 a litre in Parbhani Maharashtra. Rajasthan levies the highest value-added tax (VAT) on petrol in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh..