New Delhi After three consecutive price cuts in petrol since the first week of June, oil marketing companies IOC, HPCL and BPCL on Monday raised the price by 70-89 paise a litre citing increase in global oil prices and movement in the rupee-dollar exchange rate.

With this price revision, petrol price in New Delhi will cost R68.48 per litre, as against R67.78 a litre earlier. Petrol price in Mumbai has been increased by 88 paise to R74.23 per litre while in Kolkata, the fuel will cost R73.61 per litre. In Chennai, the price has been raised by 88 paise to R73.16 per litre.