Petrol prices cut for the sixth straight day by 15 paise, diesel by 14 paise

Petrol prices today were slashed by 15 paise in all metro cities - Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai. This is the sixth straight cut in fuel prices in just a week. 

Today's petrol price in Delhi is Rs 77.96, in Kolkata Rs 80.60, in Mumbai Rs 85.77, and in Chennai Rs 80.94. Diesel price has also seen a marginal cut of 14 paise to Rs 68.97 in the national capital. 

Yesterday, petrol price was down by 9 paise. However, diesel price was kept unchanged.

In last six days, petrol price in Delhi has come down by 47 paise from its record high of Rs 78.43 on May 29. 

Before reducing the prices, oil marketing companies had hiked the fuel cost for 16 consecutive days - from May 13 to May 29, petrol price was raised by Rs 3.8 and diesel by Rs 3.38 per litre.