Petrol Diesel Price Today 19th May 2020: There is no change in the rate of petrol-diesel today i.e. on Tuesday. Petrol in Delhi is Rs 71.26 per liter, while in Lucknow it is Rs 73.94. While the diesel here is 63 rupees 88 paise per liter. According to the website of Indian Oil, on 19 May 2020, the rates of diesel and petrol in Delhi (Delhi), Mumbai (Mumbai), Kolkata (Kolkata) and Chennai (Chennai) were as follows ..
| city | Petrol (Rs / liter) | Diesel (Rs / liter) |
| Delhi | 71.26 | 69.39 |
| Kolkata | 73.30 | 65.62 |
| Mumbai | 76.31 | 66.21 |
| Chennai | 75.54 | 68.22 |
| Noida | 74.05 | 63.97 |
| Patna | 76.26 | 68.83 |
| Lucknow | 73.94 | 63.88 |
Bihar government also increased tax
Tell that in Bihar, both petrol and diesel have become expensive by two rupees per liter since Monday. VAT on petrol and diesel was increased in the state cabinet meeting on Monday. In this regard, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has said that more than a dozen states of the country have increased the tax on petrol and diesel. The situation resulting from the corona infection has resulted in a huge loss of revenue. Due to this, the Bihar government has also been forced to increase VAT on petrol and diesel.
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Between the first, second and third rounds of lockdown in the country, oil companies did not make any changes for a full 50 days to prevent Corona virus infection. Earlier, the public sector oil companies had changed the prices of petrol and diesel on 16 March. Indian Oil had reduced the petrol price from Rs 69.75 to Rs 69.59 on March 15. Similarly, the price of diesel was Rs 62.44 per liter on 15 March. A day later, ie on 16 March, the companies reduced the price to Rs 62.29. This price of petrol and diesel remained in force throughout the country for fifty days. The figures of the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell show that the price of petrol and diesel has never remained stable for such a long period of time since the beginning of fixing the price of fuel daily.
Petrol and diesel rates are fixed daily at 6 o’clock
Oil marketing companies fix petrol and diesel rates every day after reviewing prices. Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum revise petrol and diesel rates at 6 am daily.
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