Petrol prices were again hiked by 35 paise per litre each, however there was no increase in the diesel prices today, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

Petrol now costs  ₹110.04 a litre in Delhi and  ₹115.85 in Mumbai. Diesel is now priced at  ₹98.42 a litre in Delhi and  ₹106.62 in Mumbai.

As for Kolkata and Chennai, petrol and diesel cost  ₹110.49 and  ₹101.56 and  ₹106.66 and  ₹102.59 respectively in Chennai.

In Bengaluru, petrol is available at  ₹113.93 per litre and diesel at  ₹104.50 and in Hyderabad, one litre of petrol is now available at  ₹114.49 and diesel cost  ₹107.40 for one litre of diesel.

Prices differ from state to state, depending on the incidence of local taxes and cost of transportation.

The twin factors led to petrol price crossing  ₹120 a litre mark in places such as Panna, Satna, Rewa, Shahdol, Chhindwara and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh.

The same level has also been crossed in two border towns of Rajasthan – Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.

The costliest fuel was in the border town of Ganganagar in Rajasthan, where petrol comes for  ₹122.70 a litre and diesel for  ₹113.21 per litre.

Petrol price has been hiked on 27 occasions since September 28, when a three-week-long hiatus in rate revision ended. 

Meanwhile, the Central government is in talks with several oil-exporting countries on the issue of supply and demand of oils but there is no possibility of immediate relief in prices.