Petrol and diesel prices are making new records every day. Domestic oil companies have once again increased the prices of petrol and diesel on Wednesday. Oil companies today increased the prices of petrol by 37 paise and diesel by 38 paise. After which after the implementation of the new prices of petrol and diesel, 1 liter of diesel in Jaipur Rajasthan has reached a price of Rs 106 47 paise, while petrol has reached the price of Rs 115 21 paise. This is happening for the first time in history when the price of petrol and diesel has increased 20 times in a month.
International crude oil prices are increasing continuously. The price of Brent crude has crossed $ 85 per barrel. Earlier in the year 2018, crude oil had crossed $85. This is the highest level of crude oil in 3 years. In such a situation, it is believed that there is a possibility of a further increase in the prices of petrol and diesel. Actually, there is a tremendous boom in the crude oil market these days. On the one hand, the demand for crude oil is increasing. On the other hand, there is no proper arrangement for its supply. Because of this, the prices of WTI crude in the international market yesterday rose by about two and a half percent.
Petrol has crossed Rs 100 per liter in 29 states of the country. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Manipur, Nagaland, Puducherry, Telangana, Punjab, Sikkim, Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram Petrol is above Rs 100 per liter in Jharkhand, Goa, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh.
On the other hand, when it comes to diesel, it is also 100 in many places in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. Above Rs. 100