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Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged on March 19 in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai, a notification issued by state-owned fuel retailers showed. In Mumbai, a cut on November 4 had reduced the price of petrol to Rs 109.98 a litre, and diesel to Rs 94.14 a litre.
Delhi had reduced the local sales tax, or the value-added tax (VAT), on petrol from 30 to 19.4 percent from December 1 midnight, bringing down the price by around Rs 8 to Rs 95.41 per litre for petrol. Diesel is at Rs 86.67 per litre. In Kolkata, petrol and diesel prices remained at Rs 104.67 and Rs 89.79.In Chennai, petrol costs Rs 101.40 and diesel is sold at Rs 91.43. In Noida, petrol is Rs 95.29 per litre and diesel Rs 86.80 per litre. In Lucknow, petrol costs Rs 95.28 and diesel Rs 86.80 per litre. In Jaipur, petrol costs Rs 107.37 per litre and diesel Rs 90.98 per litre. In Patna, petrol is at Rs 105.90 per litre and diesel at Rs 91.09 per litre.
