Mokokchung, May 22 (MTNews): Prices of petrol and diesel fell on Sunday after they had remained unchanged for nearly six weeks.
The reduction comes a day after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the excise duty on petrol and diesel has been slashed by `8 per liter and `6 per liter respectively.
With the slash in excise duty, the price of petrol in Mokokchung was reduced by Rs. 9.18 per liter and diesel by Rs. 7.08 per liter.
On Sunday, a liter of petrol in Mokokchung at the Ongpangkong Co. Op. Pps Ltd. cost Rs. 100.84 compared to the previous price of Rs. 110.02.
A liter of diesel, on the other hand, is sold at Rs. 88.89 compared to Rs. 95.97 previously.
Meanwhile the cost of XP95 now stands at Rs. 105.25.