Petrol, diesel to be cheaper from today on purchase via digital payment

New Delhi: From midnight tonight, all petrol and diesel purchased using digital payment will get a discount of 0.75 percent.

As per Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) statement, the discount, which starts midnight, will be in the form of cash back which will be credited to the buyer's account in three days from the transaction.

The 0.75 percent discount on payments made using either credit/debit cards, e-wallets or mobile wallets will translate into a rebate of 49 paisa a litre on petrol and 41 paisa on diesel.

Petrol is currently sold at Rs 66.10 per litre in Delhi while a litre of diesel costs Rs 54.57.

The "discount will be credited to customer's account by way of cash back within maximum three working days of the transaction," IOC said in a statement here.

On December 8, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a raft of measures including discounts on online payments for insurance policies, rail tickets and highway toll charges as the government looked to promote digital cash post demonetisation.

"As a part of these initiatives, to promote cashless transactions Government of India has announced to incentivise petrol/diesel customers transacting at PSU petrol pumps by way of 0.75 percent discount when a customer uses Debit/Credit Cards, Mobile Wallets and Prepaid Loyalty Cards," the statement said.

With PTI Inputs