New Delhi, March 20 -- As the West Asia conflict drives crude prices above $100 a barrel, India has begun a calibrated pass-through of the shock-raising prices of select fuels while holding the line on retail petrol and diesel.

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have raised industrial diesel prices by around Rs.22 per litre and premium petrol by about Rs.2 per litre, according to industry sources. However, the prices of regular transport fuels and premium diesel have been kept unchanged.

In Delhi, the price of premium petrol has been increased from Rs.99.89 per litre to Rs.101.89, and the price of industrial diesel, which is procured in bulk, has been increased to Rs.109.59 per litre.

Earlier this month, prices of domestic cookin...