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- State retailers raised petrol and diesel prices by about 0.9 rupees per litre on Tuesday, a second hike within a week, bringing New Delhi rates to 98.64 rupees per litre for petrol and 91.58 rupees per litre for diesel.
- Oil ministry secretary Sujata Sharma said retailers lose 7.5 billion rupees daily, receive no aid, and Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum, controlling 90 % of 103,000 stations, set prices together.
