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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) chaired a peculiar gathering of the Cabinet Committee connected Security (CCS) to reappraisal measures taken by assorted ministries and departments and besides discussed further initiatives to beryllium taken successful the discourse of the ongoing West Asia conflict. Cabinet Secretary briefed astir the enactment taken to guarantee proviso of petroleum products, peculiarly LNG/LPG, and capable powerfulness availability, an authoritative merchandise said.
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Sources are being diversified for the procurement of LPG with caller inflows from antithetic countries. Similarly, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is being sourced from antithetic countries. Prime Minister assessed the availability of captious needs for the communal man. He discussed availability of fertilisers successful the state and steps being taken to guarantee its availability successful the Kharif and Rabi seasons. He said that each efforts indispensable beryllium made to safeguard the citizens from the interaction of this conflict. Prime Minister besides emphasised creaseless travel of authentic accusation to the nationalist to forestall misinformation and rumour mongering.
Prime Minister directed each acrophobic departments to instrumentality each imaginable measures to ameliorate the problems of citizens and sectors affected by the ongoing planetary situation. The Cabinet Secretary besides briefed that LPG prices for home consumers person remained the aforesaid and anti-diversion enforcement to curb hoarding and achromatic selling of LPG is being conducted regularly. Initiatives person besides been taken to grow Piped Natural Gas connections. Measures similar exempting the gas-based powerfulness plants with a capableness of 7-8 GW from state pooling mechanics and expanding of rake for positioning much ember astatine thermal powerfulness stations person besides been taken to guarantee availability of powerfulness during the highest summertime months.
Further, interventions projected to beryllium taken for emerging challenges successful assorted different sectors specified arsenic agriculture, civilian aviation, shipping and logistics were besides discussed. Various efforts similar maintaining urea accumulation to conscionable requirements, coordinating with overseas supplies for DAP/NPKS suppliers are being taken to guarantee fertilizer supply. State governments are being requested to curb achromatic marketing, hoarding, and diversion of fertilizers done regular monitoring, raids, and strict action. The retail prices of nutrient commodities person been unchangeable implicit the past 1 month, the merchandise said.
Control Rooms person been acceptable up for changeless monitoring and enactment with States/UTs connected prices and enforcement of Essential Commodities Act. The prices of cultivation products, vegetables and fruits are besides being monitored. Efforts to globally diversify India's sources for energy, fertilizers and different proviso chains, and planetary initiatives for securing harmless transition of vessels done the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing diplomatic efforts are being taken. Enhanced coordination, real-time communication, and proactive measures crossed central, state, and territory levels to thrust effectual accusation dissemination and nationalist consciousness amid the evolving situation is being undertaken, the merchandise said.
The gathering was held astatine 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and this was the 2nd peculiar CCS gathering connected this issue. The struggle betwixt Israel-U.S. and Iran began connected February 28 and has entered its 2nd month, causing vigor proviso disruptions crossed the world.
