{"id":18612,"date":"2026-05-25T01:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/25\/fuel-prices-hiked-again-petrol-diesel-rates-raised-by-over-rs-2-4th-increase-in-2-weeks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:30:25","slug":"fuel-prices-hiked-again-petrol-diesel-rates-raised-by-over-rs-2-4th-increase-in-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=18612","title":{"rendered":"Fuel prices hiked again: Petrol, diesel rates raised by over Rs 2; 4th increase in 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131299021,imgsize-1489438,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel prices hiked again: Petrol, diesel rates raised by over Rs 2; 4th increase in 2 weeks\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fuel prices were raised again on Monday, with petrol becoming costlier by Rs 2.61 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre, marking the fourth hike in less than two weeks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>The latest increase is expected to add further pressure on household budgets and transportation costs, as consumers continue to grapple with rising fuel expenses amid fluctuations in global energy markets.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Following the latest revision, cumulative increases in petrol and diesel prices have neared Rs 7.5 per litre since fuel price adjustments resumed on May 15 after an extended freeze.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> In Delhi, petrol prices rose by Rs 2.61 per litre to Rs 102.12 from Rs 99.51, while diesel rates increased by Rs 2.71 to Rs 95.20 per litre from Rs 92.49, according to industry sources.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/> The repeated hikes come against the backdrop of elevated global crude oil prices and a weakening rupee, both of which have raised import costs for oil marketing companies.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/fuel-price-hiked-again-petrol-diesel-rates-raised-by-over-rs-2-fourth-increase-in-two-weeks\/articleshow\/131299026.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuel prices were raised again on Monday, with petrol becoming costlier by Rs 2.61 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre, marking the fourth hike in less than two weeks.The latest increase is expected to add further pressure on household budgets and transportation costs, as consumers continue to grapple with rising fuel expenses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}