Need to look at industrial structure of the hydrocarbon sector, says NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson

The concern operation of the hydrocarbon assemblage is thing we request to examine, NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Suman Bery said Thursday (November 13, 2025).

Speaking astatine the Energy Security Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Mr. Bery elaborated that the premix of backstage assemblage players successful the hydrocarbon vigor abstraction and the presently mostly nationalist sector-dominated landscape, towards achieving vigor security, is an contented that whitethorn necessitate ‘thoughtful consideration’ implicit a definite clip frame.

Earlier successful his address, Mr. Bery had held that India’s hydrocarbon assemblage is “blessed by immoderate blase backstage assemblage players”.

“I bash not cognize if that increases oregon decreases our security, but I deliberation arsenic we are seeing present with commercialized banks, [and] banks that were nationalised successful 1970s, present person a caller question of overseas investments,” helium observed.

‘Not trap ourselves into a high-cost vigor system’

Addressing the facet of vigor information earlier, the NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson said the conception is premised connected 2 wide concepts. The archetypal of it, helium stated, relates to a diplomatic challenge, that is, “ensuring you are not astatine a disadvantage due to the fact that of the actions of others who person choices”. Secondly, astatine the micro-level, it relates to ensuring vigor entree that is intimately linked to the thought of vigor being affordable.

Co-relating both, helium emphasised, “As we progress, we indispensable marque definite that we bash not trap ourselves into a high-cost vigor strategy which cuts disconnected access.”