Centre has “sufficient stock of petrol and diesel”, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) in an inter-ministerial briefing.
“Domestic production of LPG has been stepped up in refineries,” Ms. Sharma said. “7,500 commercial and domestic PNG connections were accorded yesterday,” she added.
Ms. Sharma said that there was “some panic booking for LPG observed yesterday”, however, there is “no dry out reported at any of the distributors”. “7,000 tonnes of commercial LPG were lifted yesterday,” Ms. Sharma said.
Regarding the number of Indian ships en route to India, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Special Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said, “With Jag Vasant and Pine Gas having crossed the Strait of Hormuz, there are twenty ships operating in the region.”
“20 Indian-flagged vessels are currently in the Western Part of the Strait of Hormuz. Of these, 5 are loaded with LPG, cumulatively, carrying 2.32 lakh metric tonnes,” Mr. Sinha said
