New Delhi: The petrol prices were changed after a hiatus of two days while diesel prices remain unchanged on Friday. The price of petrol touched a record high with a litre of petrol breaching the three-figure mark in Mumbai costing Rs 105.24 and being retailed at Rs100.13 in Chennai.


The consistent hike in fuel prices has made financial lives difficult for a common man already reeling under the impact of lockdown measures. The price of petrol has breached the triple-figure mark in as many as seven state capitals in the country.


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Bhopal, capital city of Madhya Pradesh, is selling petrol at an even more astronomical rate of Rs107.69 for each litre according to goodreturns.in. In Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, a litre of petrol will cost you Rs106.18 while the petrol price in Bengaluru is being retailed at Rs 102.48, according to goodreturns.in.


In Bihar's Patna, customers have to shell out Rs101.49 per litre for petrol while the rates in Hyderabad stand at Rs103.95, respectively. While in Srinagar, petrol is costing Rs102.11/litre.

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From north to south, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise impacting the lives of motorists. 


City                 Petrol              Diesel


Delhi                99.16               89.18


Mumbai            105.24             96.72


Chennai            100.13             93.72


Kolkata            99.04               92.03


Source: Indian Oil


In May, Bhopal was the first state capital where petrol crossed the three-figure mark followed by Jaipur and Mumbai. Hyderabad and Bengaluru also joined this list of states last week where petrol has touched the psychological landmark.


Fuel prices vary from state to state due to differences in local taxes such as VAT and freight charges. Currently, Rajasthan imposes the highest value-added tax (VAT) on petrol, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.


Rates of petrol and diesel are daily revised by oil companies based on the average price of benchmark fuel in the international market in the preceding 15 days, and foreign exchange rates.