New Delhi, April 25 -- Prices of regular petrol and diesel have largely remained unchanged since March 2024. In the national capital, petrol is priced at Rs.94.77 per litre by the state-run oil marketing companies, while diesel is sold for Rs.87.67 a litre.

Private refiners and oil marketing companies-Nayara and Shell, which operate a total of around 8,500 out of the above 1 lakh petrol pumps in the country, have already raised fuel prices. Other retailers, so far, have not raised prices of regular petrol and diesel.

State-run OMCs have increased the prices of premium diesel and petrol, which account for 4% of the total fuel sales, along with the rate of industrial diesel, which is purchased in bulk by industries and the agriculture sec...