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Understanding petrol prices in India

Last updated on: February 02, 2016 16:03 IST

Despite the crash in crude oil prices, Indians still pay a high price for petrol.

Petrol price was slashed by a marginal 4 paise a litre and diesel by 3 paise a litre on Monday as the government raised excise duty to deny consumers full benefit of falling international oil prices.