Diesel Price In Karur Today

Factor Influencing the Diesel Rate in Karur

The diesel rate in Karur constitutes of different external and internal factors. While the external factors include the crude oil price and the exchange rate of the US dollar, the internal factors include taxes, profit margins of oil companies, and dealer's commission. Let's review them in detail.

1. Global Crude Oil Price: More than 70% of the country's crude oil requirement is imported from the international market. India buys the crude oil on the basis of the Indian Basket index. The Indian Basket or the Indian Crude Basket index or price is the cost of crude oil imported by State-owned Oil-Marketing Companies (OMCs), which forms the base price of diesel. The global crude oil price in dynamic in nature and changes constantly depending on multiple elements such as demand and supply pattern, geopolitical reasons, seasonal variations, production cuts by oil-producing countries, etc. The current diesel price in Karur is calculated based yesterday's cost of Indian Basket price.
2. USD Exchange Rate: Trading of crude oil typically happens in US dollars. OMCs purchase the crude or unrefined oil in US dollars, therefore, any fluctuations in the currency exchange rate directly impact the diesel price in Karur and other cities in India. Any rise in the US dollar value will increase the diesel rate and any fall in the value will drop the price of diesel in India.
3. Centre's Excise Duty on Diesel: The Government of India levies excise duty on every litre of diesel sold in the country. Currently, the excise duty on diesel stands at Rs.15.33 per litre across all states. The last time the central tax was changed was announced in February 2017, when the excise duty was cut by Rs.2 for a litre of diesel or petrol.
4. State's Value Added Tax (VAT) on Diesel: The State government of Tamil Nadu collects VAT a litre of diesel sold in the State. Currently, the State government levies a VAT at 24% for every litre of diesel sold across the State. Since Karur comes under the administration of the Tamil Nadu State Government, the VAT on Diesel in Karur remains the same as other cities in the State.

1. State-owned Oil-Marketing Companies' Profit Margin: The Indian OMCs transport crude oil from the foreign land to India. This leads to cost in transportation, marketing, refining the crude oil, etc. which affects the price of diesel sold in Karur. Whenever there's a change in the profit margin, fuel prices are revised accordingly.

1. Commission for Dealers or Petrol Pump Owners: Diesel dealers or fuel station owners purchase fuel from oil companies and dispense it in their respective petrol pumps. Apart from selling it to the consumers, dealers maintain the fuel station, transport fuel from oil-refineries, therefore, they add all these costs before selling diesel at the retail selling price. Usually, the dealer commission is decided by the oil companies and is revised once a year.

Calculation of the Diesel Pricing in Karur

Now that we know the important factors which influence the diesel price, let's take an example to understand the breakdown of diesel pricing in Karur. The below pricing is based on the rate of diesel as on 20 May 2018.

1. Mobile Apps: IOCL customers can download and install the 'Fuel@IOC' app to check the daily diesel price, BPCL customers can install the 'SmartDrive' app, while customers of HPCL can check the daily rate vai the 'MY HPCL' app.
2. SMS Service: For those who like to take advantage of the SMS service, below is the process for your reference.
   1. IOC: SMS RSP dealer code to 9224992249.
   2. BPCL: SMS RSP dealer code to 9223112222.
   3. HPCL: SMS HPPRICE dealer code to 9222201122.

Additionally, customers can check daily diesel price through the respective OMCs online portal or website.

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