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00:08There is a clear recognition of the fact that various global supply chains of pharma inputs

00:16have disrupted on account of West Asia crisis. There is an issue related to supply of solvents

00:26and active pharmaceutical ingredients. However, there is no major increase in sales prices

00:33of drugs and pharmaceuticals. In order to support pharma industry and to maintain the availability

00:41of inputs, feedstocks and also APIs, Department of Revenue through Notification dated 1 April

00:492026, has slashed custom duties of 40 various petrochemical products to zero. It should

00:59be recognized that the pharmaceutical sector has a very strong value chain linkage with

01:07the petroleum and petrochemical sector, particularly in the supply of critical feedstocks and solvents,

01:14which are used for manufacturing of drugs and syrups. In view of this interdependence,

01:21the government is working in close coordination with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

01:27and the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, so that uninterrupted supply of essential pharma

01:33inputs is ensured. Accordingly, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has made allocation

01:41pro rata as per the availability of feedstocks, particularly propylene. And there are other two solvents,

01:49ammonia and methanol, as with the help of Department of Fertilizer. Fertilizer manufacturing units

02:00are continuously providing the necessary input of ammonia to solvent manufacturers so that further downstream

02:10products are made available. And propylene remains the most critical input because it is used for

02:18production of isopropyl alcohol and isobutyl benzene, which are used for manufacturing of medicines like

02:25ibuprofen and other necessary drugs. A significant portion of these is being supplied by

02:33Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through BPCL Kochi and Mumbai refineries.

02:41However, methanol supply has emerged as a major area of concern. In this regard, there has been discussions

02:49with Assam Petrochemicals and GNFC, which are ready to supply the necessary quantities of methanol.

02:58So, work is underway to establish the necessary logistics and supply chains. And supply, however,

03:07in a moderate way has already commenced. The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has also extended support

03:14by suspending the quality control order of Marfolin. And Marfolin is a very important building block used for

03:21manufacturing of various life-saving drugs. Aluminium supply required for pharmaceutical packaging had faced

03:27constraints. Restoration of supplies underway and the situation is expected to normalize within a week or so.

03:34Supplies of LPG and HSD oil is important, particularly for ampoule and vial ceilings and are under very close watch.

03:44And pharmaceutical units are currently not facing any constraint as of today. The government remains

03:51fully engaged with facilitating supplies on case-to-case basis. That means to say, if there are any concerns,

03:58we get information and request through concerned organizations and also through associations. And as and when

04:08we get requests from these associations, we facilitate the supply in our own limited manner. Thank you.

04:16Thank you. Now we take updates from the Petroleum Ministry. Over to you, Sojati.

04:40which is the requirement of the country, which is the import of the country, which is the import of the

04:44country.

04:45This is the domestic consumer to prioritize.

04:53The use of the LPG is the supply of 100% to ensure.

04:59Our LPG has no dry-out reported.

05:12Our online booking is 98% and the OTP-based LPG delivery is 92%.

05:23Commercial LPG is the effect.

05:28Commercial LPG is 70% to restore.

05:48The price of the LPG is the first one.

05:53The price of the LPG has been restored.

05:55The price of the LPG is the same as the LPG.

05:57The price of the LPG has been restored.

06:03लगबग एक लाग टन कमर्शल LPG की सेल हुई है कल 6700 टन कमर्शल LPG की सेल हुई अगर इसको

06:1419 किलो सिलेंडर के टर्म में देखें तो लगबग साड़े 3 लाग सिलेंडर होते हैं

06:20पांच किलो के सिलेंडर स्टुडेंट्स के लिए और जो लेबर है उन लोगों को सपोर्ट करने के लिए या उनको

06:30सहुलियत देने के लिए पांच किलो की सिलेंडर का सप्लाई इंक्रीज किया जा चुका है

06:36और कल तक पिछले 6 दिन में एक हफते में 2000 से जादा हमारी ओयल मार्केटिंग कंपनी के द्वारा कैम्प

06:46किये गए हैं अवेरनेस कैम्प और लगबग 20,000 सिलेंडर का सेल इन कैम्प में हुआ है

06:52कल एक लाग से जादा सिलेंडर एक लाग 6,000 पांच किलो के सिलेंडर की सेल हुई है यही नंबर

07:01फेबररी का अगर एवरेज देखें तो लगबग 77,000 होता है

07:06इसके अलावा अभी तक 23 मार्स से लगबग 10,05 किलो के सिलेंडर की सेल की जा चुकी है

07:13natural gas

07:16I have told you that

07:1890%

07:20supplies

07:21fertilizer plants

07:23restore to this

07:25now it has increased

07:2795%

07:28this

07:29along

07:30CGD companies

07:32colleges

07:34school

07:35cold storage

07:36food processing

07:37industry

07:38100%

07:39gas supply

07:40करने की

07:41बात कही गई है

07:47March के महीने से लेकर अब तक

07:49लगबक 3,97,000 नए PNG connections को गैस दी गई है

07:54इसके अलावा 4,30,000 नए customers भी रिजिस्टर किये गए है

08:02हमारा एक portal है

08:04website है

08:06mypngd.in

08:07इस website पर

08:0918,000 से जादा consumers ने

08:13अपने LPG connections को surrender किया है

08:17retail outlets पर भी supply normal है

08:20और

08:21मैं आपको ये बताना चाहूंगी

08:24कि जो oil marketing companies के

08:27public sector oil marketing companies के

08:29जो pump है

08:30वहाँ पर auto LPG

08:32का जो sale है

08:33वो normal चल रहा है

08:36लेकिन private operators को कुछ constraint होने की वज़ा से

08:40हमारे pumps पर

08:41जो public sector oil marketing companies के pump जो है

08:45वहाँ पर थोड़ी सी line है

08:48इसके अलावा मैं आपको ये बताना चाहूंगी

08:52कि हमारी crude inventory is adequate है

08:54हमारी refineries optimum capacity पर काम कर रही है

09:00कल जो हमारा LPG production था

09:04वो लगबग 48,000 ton था

09:07हमारी refineries से

09:08इसके अलावा

09:11C3, C4 molecules का कुछ pool

09:14pharmaceutical, animal husbandry, department of chemicals and petrochemicals

09:20के request पर कुछ allocate किया गया है

09:24और लगबग इसकी quantity है

09:26800 ton per day

09:30इस सभी के साथ मैं ये भी बताना चाहूंगी

09:33कि लगबग सभी states और union territories में

09:36control room सेट अप है, district monitoring committee सेट अप है

09:40और वो लगातार स्तिती पर नजर बनाए हुए है

09:44और बहुत सारे states के अंदर daily briefing भी issue हो रही है

09:50कल लगबग 3,300 rate की गई

09:53जिसमें 600 से जादा cylinder seize किये गए

09:56अभी तक लगबग 1,16,000 rates की जा चुकी है

10:01इसके अलावा, oil marketing companies ने भी 1870 show cost notice की दिये है

10:08LPG distributors को

10:10और लगबग 33,000 LPG distributors को suspend भी किया गया है

10:14अंत में मैं सभी लोगों से ये प्रात्ना करना चाहूंगी

10:18कि supply sufficient है, इसलिए अफ़ाओं पर विश्वास न करें

10:23और जरूरत के अनुसार, petrol, diesel और LPG खरी दें

10:28Thank you

10:29Thank you, now we take updates from Shipping Ministry

10:33Thank you

10:34Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways

10:37in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs

10:39Cargo Ministries and Indian Missions

10:42is actively monitoring the situation

10:46No incident involving Indian flagged vessels or Indian seafarers

10:51has been reported in the past 24 hours

10:54The Indian flagged vessel LPG, that is LPG filled with LPG

10:59Green Asha that crossed the Strait of Howmuj on 5th of April 2026

11:05has safely reached JNPA earlier today

11:15The Ministry's control room that is manned by DG Shipping

11:19has handled about 5600 calls and 12,000 emails since its activation

11:26In the past 24 hours, 166 calls and 317 emails have been received

11:33The Ministry through DG Shipping has facilitated

11:36the safe repatriation of over 1,800 Indian seafarers so far

11:41including 49 in the past 24 hours from various locations across the Gulf region

11:47Port operation across India remains normal with no congestion reported

11:52The Ministry continues to coordinate with the maritime stakeholders

11:57to ensure seafarer welfare and uninterrupted maritime operations

12:02Thank you

12:04Thank you

12:05Now Randeerji

12:08Thank you, ma'am

12:12We are closely following the developments in West Asia

12:16We continue to engage with countries in the region

12:19As you would have seen our press release earlier yesterday

12:24External Affairs Minister will pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates

12:29from 11th to 12th April 2026

12:33During the visit, he will meet the leadership of the UAE

12:37to review close cooperation and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership

12:45between the two countries

12:46We are also reaching out to other countries in the GCC region

12:51Our Minister of Petroleum is also visiting the region

12:55As you would have seen

12:56He is paying an official visit to Qatar on 9th and 10th April 2026

13:01Thank you very much

13:03Asim Ji

13:05Good afternoon

13:06We continue to monitor the developments in the Gulf and West Asia region

13:11Our dedicated special control room in the Ministry remains operational

13:15and we continue to remain in regular touch with the state governments and union territories

13:20Our efforts are focused on ensuring the safety, security and welfare of the Indian community in the region

13:26Our missions and posts are operating round-the-clock helplines and proactively assisting our citizens

13:33Updated advisories are being issued, including information related to local government guidelines

13:37Flight and travel situation and consular services

13:41Our missions remain actively engaged with the Indian community associations, organizations, professional groups, Indian companies and other stakeholders

13:49An update on the status of flights

13:53Flights continue to operate from the region to India from countries where airspace is open

13:57Since February, we have travelled from the region to India

14:06Airlines continue to operate limited non-scheduled commercial flights

14:10based on operational and safety considerations between UAE and India

14:14Around 85 flights are expected to operate from the UAE to India today

14:20Flights are operating from various airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman to different destinations in India

14:27With the Qatar airspace partially open

14:30Qatar Airways is expected to operate around 8 to 10 flights to India today

14:36Kuwait airspace remains closed

14:39Jazira Airways of Kuwait and Kuwait Airways continue to operate non-scheduled commercial flights from Dhamam Airport of Saudi Arabia

14:46to various destinations in India

14:48Due to airspace closure, we continue to facilitate travel of Indian nationals from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia to India

14:58Bahrain airspace is now open

15:00Bahrain airspace is now open

15:01Gulf Air of Bahrain has announced limited flight operations from Bahrain to India that are expected to start soon

15:07Gulf Air is operating non-scheduled commercial flights from Dhamam Airport of Saudi Arabia to various destinations in India

15:14We continue to facilitate travel of Indian nationals from Bahrain through Saudi Arabia to India

15:25Our embassy in Tehran has so far facilitated movement of 2170 Indian nationals from Iran to Armenia and Azerbaijan for

15:35onward travel to India

15:36This includes 971 Indian students and 657 Indian fishermen

15:42The airspace in Israel remains closed

15:45We continue to facilitate travel of Indian nationals from Israel through Jordan and Egypt to India

15:52Iraqic airspace is now open

15:54Flight operations are yet to resume

15:57We continue to facilitate travel of Indian nationals from Iraq through Jordan and Saudi Arabia to India

16:03Thank you

16:04Thank you

16:05Now we will take questions

16:07First row

16:0954, 130, 208

16:13And 46

16:16Good afternoon

16:17I am Rajesh Roy from Bloomberg

16:18Sujata ma'am

16:19Any details possible on oil minister's visit to Qatar

16:23Because Qatar is a big supplier of energy

16:26And Mangal sir

16:26Any details on the Indian flag vessels movement

16:29And Randhir says you know over the weekend Pakistan is going to hold a high power delegation from US

16:35Led by JD Vance and also Iran

16:37How do you see that?

16:38How does India react to that?

16:45Hi thanks

16:45I am Rajesh Roy from PK

16:46Partly asked by Rajesh

16:49But again what is on Mr. Puri's agenda for Qatar?

16:53Are we looking at resuming sourcing of LNG again from Qatar

16:58Because Qatar has been the largest supplier

17:00And one question to Mr. Satiprakash

17:03Does the supply supply

17:05The feedstock supplies

17:07Will they normalize the production of critical medicines now?

17:12There were also reports that some contraceptive production was also impacted because of the supplies

17:16Have all those supplies been normalized now?

17:19Thank you

17:20Hi, Sukhar from the Indian Express

17:22My question is for Mangal sir and Randhir sir as well

17:27You know our government has maintained that there should be free passage of ships through the state of Hormuz

17:38But now increasingly there are talks of a toll being formalized by Iran

17:44And in fact US President Donald Trump also made a comment calling it a beautiful thing

17:52You know a big beautiful toll

17:55Considering that our stance has always been that there should be freedom of navigation

18:01What would be India's stand if such a system were to be formalized?

18:07Considering that there are certain examples of natural states having a toll system

18:11For instance the Bosphorus, the Turkish government charges a fee

18:16So if that sort of comes into play here in the state of Hormuz

18:21What would be our stance?

18:23Thank you

18:28Hi

18:29Hi

18:29Tweish from Economic Times

18:30Thank you for letting me ask a question

18:33So yesterday DG Shipping late night came out with a circular

18:38Regarding some more advisories telling the ports that they should also pass on the concessions as early as possible

18:44And telling the ships to make sure that they are not overcharging

18:49Saying that there is too much insurance premium being paid

18:51Sir can we get to know about any of the triggers that led to this more stricter advisory that was

18:57issued

18:59Third row

19:00Okay

19:01We can move

19:02Yes

19:04Two

19:05Yes

19:05Two and two

19:06Sixty-six and

19:08Ninety-five

19:11Hi

19:12My question is about for the Petroleum Ministry and Ministry of External Affairs

19:18So Bangladesh Foreign Ministry yesterday met Hardeep Singh Puri and he sought further supplies of diesel and fertilizers

19:27Can you give details in terms of what sort of supplies our neighboring countries have sought in terms of petroleum

19:35products

19:35And have we made have we actually sent further petroleum products amidst the past one month or what is the

19:44way forward on this

19:45Hi

20:16straight of foremost

20:16was the status change

20:19is the status change

20:19or is it completely blocked

20:22that the Indian ship

20:24will go back again

20:25which way will it

20:26which way will it

20:28and the sir

20:29you asked me

20:30you had a advisory

20:32that if you have to go to Iran

20:34if you have to go back to Iran

20:37or move out

20:37now there are many Indians

20:39who are in Iran

20:40or in conflict zone

20:42or do you have to go back

20:45or do you have to go back

20:48good afternoon

20:49this is Harsh Trivedi

20:50from Republic TV

20:51my question is to Randhir sir

20:52Pakistan's defense minister

20:54Khwaja Asif

20:55in the national assembly

20:56of Pakistan

20:57has said

20:57that Pakistan Muslim world

20:59has two enemies

21:00Hindustan and Israel

21:02now this comes just

21:03ahead of the high profile

21:04political meeting

21:05that is scheduled

21:06between America and Iran

21:07how do we see it

21:1096

21:10and then we can give the mic

21:12to 45 also

21:13Neeraj

21:14Randhir sir

21:16Randhir sir

21:17Randhir sir

21:17now the ceasefire

21:18is the ceasefire

21:45in the next 14 days

21:45Priyank from Times

21:46now

21:46my question is

21:48follow up to what

21:48Anvesh has asked

21:50looking at

21:51since it's a developing

21:52situation

21:53things

21:53very close the

21:53seem to be

21:56a

21:56injury

21:58in the last hour

21:59they didn't need a

22:00trip

22:00You

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