Here's How Much You Pay For Fuel Today

Suppliers such as Indraprastha Gas review fuel prices from time to time

Suppliers reviews the prices of fuels such as petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG from time to time. The prices vary in different parts of the country, depending upon factors such as benchmark oil and gas rates, local taxes and the rupee-dollar exchange rate. Domestic prices of petrol, diesel and LPG are derived from the global crude oil price, whereas the rates of CNG are calculated based on the price of natural gas. On Monday, the price of benchmark Brent crude was last seen trading at $45.14 per barrel, and natural gas at $2.36 per MMBtu or metric million British thermal unit.

In Delhi, the retail price of petrol stood at Rs 80.73 per litre, diesel Rs 73.56 per litre, LPG for automobiles (AutoGas) Rs 40.85 per litre and CNG Rs 44.23 per kilogram.

Here’s how much pay for petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG in the four metros currently:

Petrol and diesel

City	Price On August 15
City	Petrol	Diesel
Delhi	Rs 80.43 per litre	Rs 73.56
Kolkata	Rs 82.05	Rs 77.06
Mumbai	Rs 87.19	Rs 80.11
Chennai	Rs 83.63	Rs 78.86
(Source: Indian Oil website)

LPG (Indian Oil AutoGas)

Location	Price With Effect From August 1
Delhi	Rs 40.85 per litre
Kolkata	Rs 38.96 per litre
Mumbai	Rs 39.60 per litre
Chennai	Rs 37.59 per litre

The fuel is marketed by Indian Oil Corporation under the brand name AutoGas. According to Indian Oil, it is about 40 per cent cheaper than petrol.

LPG (Indane)

City	Price
City	With Effect From August 1	July
Delhi	Rs 594 per cylinder (14.2 KG)	Rs 594
Kolkata	Rs 621	Rs 620.50
Mumbai	Rs 594	Rs 594
Chennai	Rs 610.50	Rs 610.50
(Source: iocl.com)

Currently, the government subsidises 12 cylinders (14.2 kilograms each) per household every year. Consumers have to make any additional purchases of LPG cylinders at the market price.