West Asia Crisis Update: Indian Govt Inter-Ministerial Briefing on Oil, Gas & Pharmaceuticals HOT

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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.

04:27吉 Amiga Vejberam.

04:40It was Thema Ley123.

04:41The weather looks like there are many countries exposed in Almonds.

04:46It's because you see that lie to our own electricity supply.

04:50And Lap Ramay.

04:51It actually is built in Japan.

04:52The sociedade is built in Japan.

04:52In the supply and in the public countries,

04:57100% ensure

04:59की गई है

04:59हमारे किसी भी LPG distributor

05:02पर कोई dry out reported नहीं है

05:04कल एक दिन

05:06में 51

05:08लाग से जादा घरों को

05:10LPG cylinder की sale हुई है

05:13हमारा online

05:14booking 98%

05:17पर पहुँच गया है और

05:19OTP based LPG

05:20delivery भी 92% है

05:23commercial LPG

05:25पर effect है

05:27जैसा कि आप जानते है

05:28कि commercial LPG

05:30भी 70% तक

05:32restore की गई है और

05:36जैसा कि

05:37अभी आपको बताया pharma

05:38और बाकी कुछ और

05:41sectors के लिए भी जैसे

05:42food, polymer, agriculture

05:44packaging, paint

05:46etc. इन सब के लिए भी

05:49bulk

05:50non domestic LPG की

05:52supply को restore किया

05:55गया है

05:55sector wise लगबग 200 टन

05:58इसके अलावा मैं आपको ये बताना चाहूंगी

06:01कि 14 मार्च से लगबग

06:03एक लाग टन

06:04commercial LPG की

06:07sale हुई है

06:07कल

06:096700 टन

06:11commercial LPG की sale हुई अगर इसको 19 किलो सिलेंडर के टर्म में देखें तो लगबग

06:17साड़े तीन लाग सिलेंडर होते हैं

06:20पांच किलो के सिलेंडर

06:23स्टूडेंट्स के लिए

06:24और जो

06:25लेबर है उन लोगों को

06:28सपोर्ट करने के लिए या उनको सहुलियत देने के लिए

06:325 kg cylinder

06:34का supply increase

06:35किया जा चुका है

06:36और कल तक

06:39पिछले 6 दिन में

06:402000 से ज़ादा

06:42हमारी oil marketing companies

06:45के द्वारा camp किये गए है

06:46awareness camp और लगबग

06:4820,000 cylinders का sale

06:50in camps में हुआ है

06:52कल 1,00,00 से ज़ादा

06:55cylinder 1,00,00 6,00

06:565 kg के cylinders की sale हुई है

06:59यही

07:00number February का अगर

07:02average देखें तो लगबग 77,000 होता है

07:06इसके अलावा

07:07अभी तक 23 मार्स

07:09से लगबग 10,00,00

07:105 kg के cylinders की

07:12sale की जा चुकी है

07:15natural gas

07:16मैंने आपको कल बताया था

07:18कि 90%

07:20तक supplies

07:22fertilizer plants के लिए

07:24restore करने की बात की गई थी

07:26अब इसको बढ़ा कर 95%

07:28कर दिया गया है

07:29इसके अलावा CGD companies

07:32को colleges

07:34school, cold storage, food

07:36processing industry को

07:38100% gas supply

07:40करने की बात कही गई है

07:47March के महीने

07:48से लेकर अब तक लगबग

07:503,97,000

07:52नए PNG connections को

07:54gas दी गई है इसके अलावा

07:564,30,000 नए

07:58customers भी register किये गए है

08:02हमारा एक portal है

08:04website है

08:05mypngd.in

08:07इस website पर

08:0918,000 से

08:12जादा consumers ने

08:13अपने LPG connections को

08:16surrender किया है

08:17retail outlets पर भी supply

08:19normal है और

08:21मैं आपको ये

08:23बताना चाहूंगी कि जो

08:24oil marketing companies के

08:27public sector oil marketing companies के

08:29जो pump है वहाँ पर auto

08:31LPG का जो

08:33sale है वो

08:34normal चल रहा है लेकिन

08:37private operators को कुछ

08:39constraint होने की वज़ा से हमारे

08:41pumps पर जो public sector

08:43oil marketing companies के pump जो है

08:45वहाँ पर थोड़ी सी

08:46line है

08:48इसके अलावा मैं आपको

08:50ये बताना चाहूंगी कि हमारी

08:53crude inventory is adequate है

08:54हमारी refineries optimum

08:57capacity पर काम

08:59कर रही है

09:00कल जो हमारा LPG

09:03production था वो

09:04लगबग 48,000

09:06ton था हमारी refineries से

09:08इसके अलावा

09:11C3, C4

09:12molecules का कुछ पूल

09:14pharmaceutical, animal

09:16husbandry, department of chemicals

09:18and petrochemicals के request

09:20पर कुछ

09:22allocate किया गया है और

09:24लगबग इसकी quantity है

09:26800 ton per day

09:30इस सभी के साथ मैं ये भी बताना चाहूंगी कि लगबग सभी states और union territories में control room सेट

09:37अप हैं, district monitoring committee सेट अप हैं और वो लगातार स्तिती पर नजर बनाए हुए हैं और बहुत सारे

09:45states के अंदर daily briefing भी issue हो रही हैं

09:50कल लगबग 3300 rate की गई, जिसमें 600 से जादा cylinder seize किये गए, अभी तक लगबग 116000 rates की

09:59जा चुकी है

10:01इसके अलावा, oil marketing companies ने भी 1870 show cause notice की दिये हैं, LPG distributors को

10:10और लगबग 53 LPG distributors को suspend भी किया गया है

10:14अंत में मैं सभी लोगों से ये प्रातना करना चाहूंगी की supply is sufficient है

10:21इसलिए अफाहों पर विश्वास न करें और 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 in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs

10:39Cargo Ministries and Indian Missions is actively monitoring the situation

10:46No incident involving Indian flagged vessels or Indian seafarers has been reported in the past 24 hours

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

11:00that crossed the Strait of Howmuj on 5th of April 2026 has safely reached JNPA earlier today

11:15The Ministry's control room that is manned by DG Shipping has handled about 5600 calls and 12,000 emails since

11:25its activation

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

11:33The Ministry through DG Shipping has facilitated the 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

12:03Thank you

12:05Now, Ranir ji

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 from 11th to 12th April 2026

12:33During the visit, he will meet the leadership of the UAE to review close cooperation

12:40and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between 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

13:21Our 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

13:32Updated advisories are being issued including information related to local government guidelines, flight 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

13:50An 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 traveled from the region to India

14:06Airlines continue to operate limited non-scheduled commercial flights based 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, Qatar Airways is expected to operate around 8 to 10 flights to India today

14:36Kuwait Airspace remains closed

14:38Jazira Airways of Kuwait and Kuwait Airways continue to operate non-scheduled commercial flights from Damam 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

14:55Due to airspace closure, we continue to facilitate travel of Indian nationals from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia to India

14:58Bahrain Airspace is now open

15:00Gulf 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 Damam 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

16:31Pakistan 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'm Arjadi from PK

16:46Partly asked by Rajesh

16:49But again

16:49What 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

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

17:16Because of the supplies

17:16Have all those supplies been normalized now?

17:19Thank you

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

18:29Tvesh 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

18:56issued

18:58Third row

19:00Okay we can move

19:02Yes

19:04Two

19:05Yes

19:05Two and two

19:0666 and

19:0795

19:11Hi

19:11So Ritraj here from MENT

19:13My 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

19:42Or what is the way forward on this

19:45Thank you

20:18Hello.

20:32Hello.

20:49This is Harsh Trivedi from Republic TV.

20:51My question is to Randeer Sir.

20:52Sir, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif in the National Assembly of Pakistan has

20:57said that Pakistan Muslim world has two enemies, Hindustan and Israel.

21:02Now this comes just ahead of the high profile political meeting that is scheduled between

21:06America and Iran.

21:08How do we see it?

21:1096 and then we can give the mic to 45 also.

21:13Mr. Neeraj.

21:43And the last question, 45.

21:44Yeah, good afternoon.

21:45I'm Priyank from Times Now.

21:47My question is followed up to what Anvish has asked.

21:50Looking at since it's a developing situation, things such.

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