{"id":456702,"date":"2026-05-23T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456702\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:59:38","slug":"india-raises-diesel-petrol-prices-for-third-time-in-8-days-amid-tense-us-iran-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456702\/","title":{"rendered":"India raises diesel, petrol prices for third time in 8 days, amid tense US-Iran ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">India\u2019s state-run refiners raised retail prices again of diesel and petrol on Saturday to help processors cut losses on discounted sales and to control a spike in demand.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Prices of both fuels rose by nearly one per cent, or less than 1 rupee, with petrol now sold at 99.51 rupees (US$1.0399) and diesel at 92.49 rupees per litre in New Delhi, according to the website of Indian Oil Corporation, the country\u2019s largest fuel retailer. Prices vary across India due to local taxes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Smaller peers Bharat Petroleum Corp Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Limited have also raised prices in the same range.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This marks the third increase in just over a week, bringing cumulative hikes in India\u2019s diesel prices to 5.5 per cent and petrol prices to five per cent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vessels are seen off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Iran\u2019s new body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz said its claimed area of control extends to Emirati waters. Photo: via TNS\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4985d52c-6a18-4e3b-b7bc-505dfecf576a_595de0ff.jpg\" title=\"Vessels are seen off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Iran\u2019s new body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz said its claimed area of control extends to Emirati waters. Photo: via TNS\"\/>Vessels are seen off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Iran\u2019s new body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz said its claimed area of control extends to Emirati waters. Photo: via TNS<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Indraprastha Gas also raised prices of compressed natural gas by one per cent across all areas it serves, a company spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s state-run refiners raised retail prices again of diesel and petrol on Saturday to help processors cut losses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19908,99984,5451,7990,42,207,932,43,5839,99985,10934,114994,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-456702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-delhi","tag-diesel","tag-fuel","tag-gas","tag-headlines","tag-india","tag-inflation","tag-news","tag-oil","tag-petrol","tag-rupee","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}