Diesel prices were hiked by 50 paise per litre with no revision in rates of petrol. The price increase, excludes local sales tax or VAT and will be effective from midnight , oil companies announced.
The price of diesel in Delhi will be hiked by 57 paise, including tax, to Rs 53.67 per litre, while it will cost Rs 60.70 a litre in Mumbai as against 60.08 currently.
There will be no change in petrol prices as oil companies decided not to pass on increase necessitated by depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar.
Petrol prices were last revised on November 1, when it was cut by Rs 1.15 a litre. It costs Rs 71.02 a litre in Delhi currently.
The government allowed oil companies in January to raise diesel prices in small doses every month to wipe out mounting losses.
While most of the shortfall on diesel sales should have been wiped out, losses mounted to Rs 14.50 per litre in July-August as the rupee fell about 25 per cent from April levels.
The recent firming up of the rupee against the dollar and the monthly price increases have trimmed these losses to Rs 9.99 a litre. Diesel rates have risen by a cumulative Rs 6.62 this year.
