A fuel station employee checks the revised petrol price on a dispensing machine at a petrol bunk in Visakhapatnam. File picture
| Photo Credit: V. Raju
Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the second increase in less than a week.
Petrol price was hiked to ₹98.64 a litre from ₹97.77 per litre in the national capital. Diesel now costs ₹91.58 a litre against ₹90.67 previously, according to industry sources.
This is the second increase in rates in less than a week. Prices were hiked by ₹3 a litre on May 15.
In Delhi, petrol now retails at ₹98.64 per litre, up by 87 paise, while diesel is priced at ₹91.58 per litre, higher by 91 paise.
Mumbai saw petrol rise by 91 paise to ₹107.59 per litre and diesel by 94 paise to ₹94.08 per litre.
Kolkata recorded the steepest hike in petrol at 96 paise to ₹109.70 per litre, while diesel prices rose by 94 paise to ₹96.07 per litre.
In Chennai, petrol prices rose by 82 paise to ₹104.49 per litre, and diesel by 86 paise to ₹96.11 per litre.
Published – May 19, 2026 06:36 am IST
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