NEW DELHI: India’s capital will roll out fuel-saving measures starting on Monday, including work-from-home days for city employees, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for greater public participation to mitigate the economic fallout of the US-Israeli war on Iran. New Delhi will be the first Indian city to enforce an energy-saving campaign in the country of 1.4 billion people amid a global energy crisis sparked by the war in the Middle East.

India is particularly exposed to the Iran oil shock as 50% of its crude oil imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

With energy prices rising, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indians to embrace voluntary austerity to protect the economy from the fallout of the war in Iran. But residents…