Check out petrol and diesel price in Odisha on September 13

The excise duty on petrol raised by 194 percent while on diesel it increased by 512 percent between 2014-15 and 2021-22 even as crude oil prices remained below $80 per barrel between 2015-16 and 2021-22.

According to official data provided by the Petroleum Ministry’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), in 2021-22, excise duty on petrol rose 194 percent to Rs. 27.90 per liter and on diesel, it rose 512 percent to stand at Rs 21.80 per liter.

As prices of petroleum products now depend on market rates, fuel prices will rise each time, global crude prices rise and the rupee falls against the dollar.

Petrol price in Angul on Tuesday was Rs 104.90 while the same was sold at Rs 103.23 in Balasore. Petrol rate in Bhubaneswar- Rs 103.11, Cuttack Rs 103.54, Dhenkanal Rs 103.98, Jharsuguda Rs 103, Kendrapara Rs 103.11, Puri Rs 103.26, Sambalpur Rs 103.85 and Malkangiri Rs 108.92.

As far as the diesel is concerned, it was sold at Rs 96.40 in Angul, Rs 94.81 in Balasore, Rs 94.68 in Bhubaneswar, Rs 95.10 in Cuttack, Rs 95.52 in Dhenkanal, Rs 94.79 in Jharsuguda, Rs 94.66 in Kendrapara, Rs 95.41 in Sambalpur, Rs 94.83 in Puri and Rs 100.29 in Malkangiri.