India Assures Fertilizer, Fuel Supply Amid West Asia Crisis

Overall stock position of fertilizers in the country is comfortable
Kharif 2026 fertilizer requirement re-assessed at 383.9 LMT
Current stock as of 08 JUN 2026: 197.56 LMT (more than 51% of requirement)
Usual stock level is about 33%
Indian farmers purchased 86.65 LMT chemical fertilizers in ongoing Kharif-2026 till 07.06.2026 (approx. 22.57% of total requirement)
Indian farmers procured 11.17 LMT of organic manure after the war compared to 3.20 LMT during corresponding period last year
Punjab: 2.83 LMT, UP: 2.71 LMT, Haryana: 1.33 LMT, MP: 1.25 LMT, Gujarat: 0.96 LMT, Maharashtra: 0.84 LMT
No major challenge in availability of fertilizers for ongoing Kharif Season
Domestic production and import after crisis: 114.20 LMT domestic production, 33.20 LMT imports
Urea: 69.15 LMT domestic production, 18.35 LMT imports
DAP: 9.78 LMT domestic production, 2.53 LMT imports
NPKs: 22.13 LMT domestic production, 7.87 LMT imports
SSP: 13.14 LMT domestic production, 0 LMT imports
MOP: 0 LMT domestic production, 4.45 LMT imports
Total 147.40 LMT fertilizers added through imports and domestic production after crisis
Expected to reach more than 25 LMT imported Urea, DAP and NPKs on Indian ports in June
India issued global tender for procurement of 17 LMT Urea
11 Meetings of EGoS held till date to ensure adequate availability

100% supply being made to Domestic LPG, Domestic PNG and CNG (Transport)
Commercial LPG priority given to hospitals and educational institutions
Supply of 5 Kg FTL to migrant labour doubled based on avg. daily supply on 2nd and 3rd March 2026
Booking interval increased from 21 to 25 days in urban areas and up to 45 days in rural areas

LPG enforcement: 7 FIRs registered, 2 persons arrested during last 4 days
Petrol, Diesel enforcement: More than 1800 raids conducted across country in last 4 days
LPG distributorships: Inspections at about 890 distributorships, penalties imposed on 105
Retail Outlets: Inspections at more than 2400 outlets, penalties imposed on 22, 554 outlets put under suspension

Online LPG cylinder bookings increased to about 99% on industry basis
Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) based deliveries increased to about 96%
Last 4 days: 1.77 crore LPG cylinders delivered against bookings of around 1.67 crore cylinders
Commercial allocation reduced to 70% of pre-crisis level including 10% reform based
Last 4 days: 1.89 lakh 5 Kg FTL cylinders sold
Last 4 days: more than 9800 5kg FTL cylinders sold through about 878 camps
Last 4 days: 22811 MT of Commercial LPG sold
Last 4 days: 748 MT of Auto LPG sold by PSU OMCs

Supply to operating Urea Plants at around 98% of their average consumption over preceding six months
Gas supply to other industrial and commercial sectors enhanced up to 80%
Since March 2026: 9.16 lakh PNG connections gasified
Infrastructure created for additional 3.05 lakh connections
Total: 12.21 lakh connections
About 9.24 lakh new customers registered for connections
Till 07.06.2026: around 82,000 PNG consumers surrendered LPG connections via MYPNGD.in website
Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution Order, 2026 notified under Essential Commodities Act, 1955 on 24.03.2026
National PNG Drive 2.0 extended till 30.06.2026

All refineries operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories
Domestic LPG production from refineries increased to support domestic consumption
Inter-ministerial Joint Working Group (JWG) set up for petrochemical feedstock supply
Govt order dated 01.04.2026 permits minimum quantities of C3 & C4 streams for critical sectors
Provision for C3-C4 molecules of 1120 MT/day from LPG pool made for Pharma, Chemical and Paint sector companies
Since 01-June-26: more than 2760 MT of C3-C4 Molecules sold to industries
Since 01-June-26: more than 1660 MT of Butyl Acrylate sold by refineries

Hero MotoCorp's 2 Flex-Fuel Motorcycles launched on 03.06.2026
Maruti Suzuki's flex-fuel WagonR car launched on 04.06.2026
E85 fuel launched on 05.06.2026
E85 comprises 80-85% ethanol and 14-19% petrol
E85 priced nearly ₹20 per litre lower than conventional E20 petrol
Reduces lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by around 61% compared to conventional petrol vehicles
Research Octane Number (RON) of about 108

Fire incident reported aboard vessel MT MARIVEX at approximately 1330 hours off coast of Oman
24 Indian seafarers on board, all reported safe
DG Shipping Control Room handled 12,020 calls and more than 26,832 emails since activation
Last 96 hours: 390 calls and 968 emails received
Safe repatriation of more than 3,506 Indian seafarers facilitated, including 32 in last 96 hours