The country has witnessed the 19th consecutive day of oil price hike. Unlike last day, both petrol and diesel prices were hiked today. While the price of diesel has risen by 12 paisa, that of petrol has met with an increase of 16 paisa. With this, diesel marked an increase of Rs. 10.04 paisa during the last 19 days, whereas petrol did increase by Rs. 8.72 during the same period.
Ever since the oil prices in the country started getting increased from June 7 onwards, the price of oil never took a dip, with the exception of June 24th, when the price of petrol remained unchanged, whereas diesel continued its hike. It was form June 2017 onwards, which the Oil Marketing Companies in India gained the control over the price of oil.
The revised price of oil in Kochi,
Petrol: 79.08
Diesel: 75.84