Govt lowers petrol price by Rs10 per litre

MG News | September 15, 2024 at 11:03 PM GMT+05:00

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September 15, 2024 (MLN): For the fourth consecutive fortnight, the government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs10 to 249.1 a litre.

The petroleum levy was left unchanged at Rs60 per litre.

The price of high-speed diesel (HSD) has also been slashed by Rs13.06 to Rs249.69 per litre, as per a notification shared by the Finance Division.

Over the past two months, the government has reduced the price of petrol by a cumulative Rs26.5 per litre.

The new prices are effective from September 16 and will remain in place for the remainder of the month.

To recall, in the last fortnight, the government reduced the price of petrol by Rs1.86 to Rs259.1 per litre.

Similarly, the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) was slashed by Rs3.32 to Rs262.75 per litre.

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	92,610.00	93,960.00 89,325.00	640.00 0.70%
BRENT CRUDE	64.73	65.10 63.62	0.53 0.83%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	85.00	85.00 85.00	-0.55 -0.64%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	96.45	96.45 96.45	0.00 0.00%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,082.50	1,082.50 1,082.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	60.57	60.85 59.26	0.71 1.19%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	14.71	14.88 14.63	-0.09 -0.61%