ATF price hiked by 2.75%, LPG cut by Rs 102.5

Jan 2, 2022

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NEW DELHI: Halting a declining development of final month, jet gasoline or ATF value has been hiked by 2.75 per cent on firming worldwide oil costs, whereas cooking fuel LPG price has seen the primary decline since October.
Aviation turbine gasoline (ATF) value has been hiked by Rs 2,039.63 per kilolitre, or 2.75 per cent, to Rs 76,062.04 per kl within the nationwide capital, based on a value notification of state-owned gasoline retailers.
The rise in charges comes on again of two rounds of value cuts seen in December that mirrored a drop in worldwide oil costs throughout the second half of November and mid-December.
Thereafter, worldwide charges have firmed up, resulting in the hike in ATF value.
ATF value had peaked to Rs 80,835.04 per kl in mid-November earlier than it was lower on December 1 and 15 by a complete of Rs 6,812.25 per kl or 8.4 per cent.
Jet gasoline costs are revised on 1st and sixteenth of each month based mostly on common value of worldwide benchmark within the previous fortnight.
Not like ATF, industrial LPG charges are revised on 1st of each month after taking the common value within the previous month.
The value of a 19-kg LPG cylinder, which is utilized in industrial institutions like accommodations and eating places, has been accordingly lower by Rs 102.5.
That is the primary discount since October 6. Charges had gone up from Rs 1,734 per 19-kg cylinder to Rs 2101 on December 1.
Nevertheless the worth of LPG utilized in home kitchens stays unchanged at Rs 899.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder. This price has not modified since October 6, previous to which it had gone up by nearly Rs 100 since July 2021.
Petrol and diesel costs too haven’t modified for nearly two months now. Petrol prices Rs 95.41 a litre in Delhi and diesel comes for Rs 86.67 per litre.
Whereas the charges are to be revised every day based mostly on a 15-day rolling common of the benchmark worldwide gasoline, costs haven’t modified since November 4, 2021 when the Union authorities had lower excise obligation on the 2 fuels.
Costs had eased from an all-time excessive on November 4, 2021 after the Union authorities had lower excise obligation on petrol by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 10 a litre. States too lower native gross sales tax or VAT on the 2 fuels – BJP dominated states on the identical day and a few others at differing dates thereafter. However apart from these two, the premise charges have remained unchanged.
Petrol used to value Rs 110.04 a litre in Delhi on November 3, 2017 and diesel was priced at Rs 98.42 a litre. The present price after accounting for a lower in excise obligation and VAT.



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