Petrol & diesel
With rising crude prices and a depreciating rupee, petroleum is bound to get more expensive , diesel has already reached it’s all time high and petrol to at ₹76.24 per liter in Delhi,hit a new high on Sunday,breaking its sept 2013 record.
petrol prices in different cities
Highest to lowest
Mumbai – 83.16₹
Bhopal-80.89₹
Patna-80.82₹
Agartala -72.14₹
Panjim-69.41₹
port Blair (South Andaman Island is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands)-64.96₹
Diesel prices in different cities
Hyderabad-72.60₹
Trivandrum (or Thiruvananthapuram)-72.51₹
Raipur-72.12
Aizwal ( the capital of the state of Mizoram in India)-64.13₹
Itanagar-64.11₹
Port Blair – 62.64₹
Petrol is most expensive in Mumbai.
Diesel is most expensive in Hyderabad.
Proportion of taxes as a component of the prices:-
Over 50% of petrol retail price constitutes taxes and dealer commission. For diesel the corresponding figure is over 40%. Taxes vary in different states and hence their are variation in retail prices.