Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- The prices of petrol and diesel remained unchanged in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack since the last revision on Saturday when the Centre announced a big cut in the excise duty.

Customers are reportedly paying Rs 103.18 per litre of petrol in the capital city of Bhubaneswar today while diesel is available at Rs 94.75 a litre.

Similarly, petrol and diesel are sold at Rs 103.71 and Rs 95.25 per litre respectively in Silver city.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday had announced a cut in excise duty on petrol by 8 per litre, and 6 rupees per litre on diesel to ease the burden of the common man.

The move came after the government's inflation management was criticised by opposition parties and ...