Days after central excise duty cut in petrol and diesel, the government on Wednesday reduced the excise duty on aviation fuel to 11 per cent from 14 per cent in order to provide relief to airlines from high fuel costs.

Despite Centre's efforts to cut fuel prices across the nation, the hike is failing to stop. Continuing their skyrocketing run, the petrol prices have once again breached Rs 82 mark in the national capital.

Petrol and diesel prices rose again on Sunday, taking the new cost per litre to Rs 81.82 and Rs 75.53 for petrol and diesel respectively in the national capital. In Mumbai, petrol and diesel was priced at Rs 87.29 (increase by Rs 0.14) and Rs 77.06 (increase by Rs 0.31) per litre respectively.

A day after slashing VAT on petrol in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday announced a reduction in diesel prices by Rs.4.06/litre.

Transport fuel prices continued on the daily record-breaking upward movement on Tuesday, with petrol inching closer to Rs 84 in Delhi, having already crossed the Rs 91 a litre mark in Mumbai the previous day.

Transport fuel prices continued on the daily record breaking upward movement on Sunday, with petrol inching closer to Rs 91 a litre mark in Mumbai.

Fresh hikes have been reported in petrol prices across the metro cities on Saturday while diesel remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive day. In Delhi, the petrol was sold at Rs 82.44, 12 paise hike from the Friday price.

In a yet another hike in the fuel prices on Wednesday, the petrol reached Rs 82.25 per litre in the national capital and Rs 89.63 in Mumbai – an increase of 9 paise from Tuesday.

Fuel prices continued to rise in the market with petrol costing Rs 82.16 per litre in the national capital and Rs 89.54 per litre in Mumbai. Similarly, a litre of diesel went up by 9 paise from yesterday to be sold at Rs 73.87 in Delhi and Rs 78.42 in the financial capital.

Petrol and diesel will be cheaper by Rs 2 per litre across Karnataka from Tuesday following a reduction in state cess, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Monday.