India Government Updates West Asia Crisis Response Measures

Total fertilizer requirement for Kharif 2026 season: 390.54 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT)
Current stock position: 200.12 LMT (covers 51% of total requirement)
Usual buffer level: 33%
Total fertilizers added after crisis: 117.6 LMT through imports and domestic production
Domestic production and imports after crisis (in Lakh Tons):
Urea: Domestic production 57.66, Imports 13.60
DAP: Domestic production 7.93, Imports 0.88
NPKs: Domestic production 18.71, Imports 4.44
SSP: Domestic production 10.70, Imports 0
MOP: Domestic production 0, Imports 3.68
Total: Domestic production 95, Total imports 22.60
Secured from Strait of Hormuz region: 13.5 LMT of DAP and 9 LMT of NPKs (including AS)
These consignments scheduled to arrive at Indian ports in May and June
9 meetings of Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) held to date

100% supply maintained to Domestic LPG, Domestic PNG and CNG (Transport)
Commercial LPG priority given to hospitals, educational institutions, pharma, steel, automobile, seed, agriculture
Supply of 5 Kg FTL to migrant labour doubled based on average 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

Last 4 days: 6480 raids conducted, 680 cylinders seized, 11 FIRs registered, 1 person arrested
Last 4 days: inspections at more than 4100 RO and LPG distributorships conducted
Penalties imposed on 489 LPG distributorships, 82 LPG distributorships suspended

Domestic LPG Supply Status:

Online LPG cylinder bookings increased to about 99% on industry basis
Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) based deliveries increased to about 95%
Last 4 days: 1.72 crore LPG cylinders delivered against bookings of around 1.66 crore cylinders

Commercial LPG Supply:

Total commercial LPG allocation increased to about 70% of pre-crisis levels (includes 10% reform-linked allocation)
Last 4 days: 1.96 lakh - 5 Kg FTL cylinders sold
Since 3rd April 2026: 15,400 awareness camps organized, 2.45 lakh - 5Kg FTL cylinders sold
Yesterday: 1,487 - 5kg FTL cylinders sold through 82 camps
Since 1-May-26: 1,56,898 MT of Commercial LPG sold
Last 4 days: 24,557 MT of Commercial LPG sold
Last 4 days: 942 MT of Auto LPG sold by PSU OMCs

Gas supply to industrial and commercial sectors enhanced up to 80%
22 States/UTs receiving additional commercial LPG allocation linked to PNG expansion reforms
Since March 2026: 7.99 lakh PNG connections gasified, infrastructure created for additional 2.87 lakh connections (total 10.86 lakh connections)
8.27 lakh customers registered for new connections
Till 24.05.2026: 59,800 PNG consumers surrendered LPG connections via MYPNGD.in website
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
Provision of 1120 MT/day of C3-C4 molecules from LPG pool for Pharma, Chemical and Paint sector companies
Since 1st May 2026: 12,360 MT of C3-C4 Molecules (Propylene and Butylene) sold
Since 1st May 2026: 4,700 MT of Butyl Acrylate sold by Mumbai, Kochi, Vizag, Chennai, Mathura and Gujarat refineries

Government reduced excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs. 10/litre
Export levy on diesel reduced from Rs. 23 per litre to Rs. 16.50 per litre (Gazette notification dated 15.05.2026)
Export duty on ATF reduced from Rs. 33 per litre to Rs. 16 per litre
Export duty on Petrol imposed at Rs. 3 per litre