Petrol and diesel prices today were hiked for the sixteenth straight day across the country. On Tuesday, petrol prices in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai were at Rs. 78.43 per litre, Rs. 86.24 per litre and Rs. 81.43 per litre while diesel prices were at Rs. Rs. 69.31 a litre, Rs. 73.79 a litre and Rs. 73.18 a litre respectively, according to Indian Oil Corporation. In Kolkata, while petrol price crossed Rs. 82 per litre for the first time ever, diesel price was only 14 paise away from Rs. 72 per litre.
The continued increase in domestic petrol and diesel prices is a result of higher global crude oil prices along with weakness in the rupee against the US dollar, among other factors. The government had last week indicated both short-term as well as long-term solutions to the rising fuel prices in the country.
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See comparison of petrol and diesel prices in different parts of the country:
| Metro/state capital | Petrol price on May 29 in Rs. per litre | Metro/state capital | Diesel price on May 29 in Rs. per litre |
| Port Blair | 67.55 | Port Blair | 64.93 |
| Panjim | 72.28 | Itanagar | 66.54 |
| Agartala | 74.07 | Aizwal | 66.55 |
| Aizwal | 74.19 | Chandigarh | 67.31 |
| Itanagar | 74.21 | Imphal | 67.35 |
| Chandigarh | 75.43 | Agartala | 67.37 |
| Daman | 76.2 | Kohima | 67.64 |
| Silvasa | 76.27 | Shimla | 68.93 |
| Imphal | 76.48 | Shillong | 69.1 |
| Kohima | 76.85 | Jullunder | 69.2 |
| Pondicherry | 77.17 | Delhi | 69.31 |
| Bhubaneswar | 77.23 | Lucknow | 69.47 |
| Gandhinagar | 77.72 | Dehradun | 69.65 |
| Shillong | 77.77 | Ambala | 69.83 |
| Ranchi | 77.98 | Daman | 70.06 |
| Delhi | 78.43 | Silvasa | 70.13 |
| Ambala | 78.53 | Jammu | 70.47 |
| Shimla | 78.58 | Bangalore | 70.5 |
| Raipur | 78.8 | Panjim | 70.55 |
| Lucknow | 78.82 | Gangtok | 71 |
| Dehradun | 79.34 | Pondicherry | 71.59 |
| Bangalore | 79.71 | Kolkata | 71.86 |
| Jammu | 80.1 | Guwahati | 72.37 |
| Guwahati | 80.66 | Srinagar | 72.69 |
| Kolkata | 81.06 | Bhopal | 72.95 |
| Jaipur | 81.22 | Ranchi | 73.16 |
| Chennai | 81.43 | Chennai | 73.18 |
| Gangtok | 81.45 | Jaipur | 73.79 |
| Trivandrum | 82.62 | Mumbai | 73.79 |
| Srinagar | 82.8 | Patna | 74.01 |
| Hyderabad | 83.08 | Bhubhaneswar | 74.3 |
| Mumbai | 86.24 | Hyderabad | 75.34 |
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