The Oil Marketing Companies have released petrol and diesel prices for Tuesday, July 6, 2021. As per the latest revision of rates on Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) website on Tuesday, petrol and diesel prices have been kept unchanged. Domestic oil companies had on Monday increased the fuel rates on Monday by 35 to 36 paise. This was second day straight hike after OMCs increased petrol and diesel prices in Delhi by 35 paise and 18 paise respectively. Currently, Mumbai and Chennai are the two metro cities that are selling petrol for Rs 100 and above, while Delhi and Kolkata are almost a hike away from touching the psychological Rs 100 level. Petrol is being sold for Rs 100 and above in nearly 15 states and districts now, while diesel has also crossed Rs 100 mark in Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday, Sikking too joined the states which are selling petrol above Rs 100.  

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Besides Sikkim, petrol has crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab and Ladakh. 

As the rates remained unchanged, petrol and diesel were selling at the same prices as on  Monday.  

Petrol and diesel prices in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai on July 6, 2021   

DELHI – Petrol: Rs 99.86 | Diesel: Rs 89.36.    

MUMBAI - Petrol: Rs 105.92 | Diesel: Rs 96.91  

KOLKATA - Petrol: Rs 99.84 and Diesel: Rs 92.27   

CHENNAI – Petrol: Rs 100.75, while Diesel Price: Rs 93.91 

Petrol and diesel prices vary from state to state, depending on the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges. Petrol and diesel prices are revised on daily basis since June 2017 and are effected at 6 am daily. Earlier, the practice was to revise the prices fortnightly. Petrol prices 

Meanwhile, to get the indicative prices of Petrol/Diesel in your city/town for the day, one need to SMS "RSP <space>Dealer Code of Petrol Pump” to 92249 92249. For example, SMS “RSP 102072” to 92249 92249 for petrol and diesel prices in Delhi.  You can get dealer code from IOCL website.