After a day’s pause, the state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased the prices of petrol and diesel on Tuesday pushing the rates to all-time high levels across the country.
According to a price notification of the state-owned fuel retailers, petrol price was hiked by 25 paise per litre and diesel by 30 paise per litre.
The sixth increase in fuel rates in a week’s time has sent petrol prices above Rs 100 in most major cities of the country.
After the rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur surged to Rs.101.14 per litre while diesel price rose to Rs.93.20 per litre.
In the state capital Kohima, prices of a litre of petrol and diesel climbed to Rs.102.14 and Rs.94 respectively.
According to a PTI report, industry sources said “substantial” increase in petrol and diesel prices was on the cards to bridge the gap between cost and sale price.