Petrol, diesel become dearer after OMCs raise retail prices

New Delhi, Dec 3 : Oil marketing companies on Thursday increased the prices of petrol and diesel after keeping the retail prices unchanged for the past couple of days.
The pump price of petrol increased by 17 paisa per litre on Thursday to Rs 82.66 a litre in Delhi from a level of Rs 82.49 a litre a day earlier.
Similarly, the diesel price increased by 19 a litre to Rs 72.84 a litre in the national capital as compared to Rs 72.66 per litre on the previous day.
The prices of auto fuel have also increased across the country but the level of rise has been different depending on the taxation structure in each state.
In the past 14 days, due prices have risen 11 days with petrol prices rising by Rs 1.60 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.38 a litre.
The increase has been primarily on account of firming up of global oil and product prices following news of successful coronavirus vaccine.