In a jolt to consumers, the government has hiked the prices of petrol and diesel with effect from midnight tonight. The price of petrol was hiked by Rs 3.13 a litre, while diesel goes up by Rs 2.71per litre.


On April 30, after two rounds of cuts, petrol prices were raised by Rs 3.96 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.37 a litre, tracking global cues.


Petrol prices had been cumulatively cut by Rs 17.11 a litre in 10 reductions between August and February and diesel by Rs 12.96 a litre in 6 reductions between October and February. The rates were increased by 0.82 a litre in petrol and Rs 0.61 per litre in diesel on February 16, and by Rs 3.18 per litre in petrol and Rs 3.09 a litre in diesel on March 1.

After these, rates had been cut twice.