India has sufficient stock of petrol and diesel: Government

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

“Jag Vasant and Pine Gas have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz. Pine Gas is carrying 45,000 metric tonnes of LPG and is expected to reach New Mangalore Port early morning on March 27,” Mr. Sinha said. “The Jag Vasant is headed to the Kandla Port and is expected to reach on March 28,” he added.

“Another empty ballast vessel operating in the region would be loaded with LPG in the next 3-4 days,” he said.

Aseem Mahajan, Additional Secretary (Gulf), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said, “85 flights are expected to operate from UAE to India.”

Fertilizer stock

Randhir Jaiswal, Additional Secretary, MEA said, ”We have adequate fertiliser stock for 2026 Kharif Season.”