Overview
- India’s Cabinet Committee on Security, which met Wednesday in New Delhi, ordered a cross‑sector push to protect citizens and keep supplies steady during the West Asia conflict.
- Energy officials reported diversified imports for LPG and LNG, with domestic LPG prices held steady and tighter checks to stop hoarding and diversion.
- Power planners detailed extra coal rakes for thermal plants and a temporary exemption for 7–8 GW of gas‑based units from gas pooling to help meet peak summer demand.
- Fertiliser supply was reviewed for the Kharif and Rabi seasons, with urea output maintained, imports of DAP and NPK coordinated, and states told to act against black‑marketing.
- Control rooms are tracking prices under the Essential Commodities Act, food costs were said to be stable over the past month, and diplomats are working to secure vessel passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that carries a large share of India’s oil and LPG.