The manager at a fuel outlet in the national capital claimed on Wednesday that every evening around 8 pm, outlets were informed of the fuel price effective from 6 am next morning.

On June 16, the government had decided that fuel prices would be revised daily, ostensibly to match the international oil rates.

Since then, the prices of petrol and diesel have been constantly on the rise despite stability in international crude prices. Though it has been rising so slowly that the common man is not able to notice that petrol prices have risen about 8 per cent since the switchover from fortnightly revisions to daily revisions.

On August 23, the price of petrol in Delhi was ₹68.88 while onJune 16, it was being sold at ₹64.50.

On Wednesday, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury tweeted to highlight the trend: