India's Multi-Sector Response to West Asia Crisis

Union Cabinet approved Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 targeting total additional credit flow of ₹2,55,000 crore (including ₹5,000 crore for airlines)
Scheme provides credit guarantee coverage of 100% for MSMEs and 90% for non-MSMEs and airline sector
Guarantee coverage provided by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC)
Eligible borrowers: MSMEs and non-MSMEs with existing working capital limits and scheduled passenger airlines having outstanding credit facilities as of March 31, 2026
Additional credit up to 20% of peak working capital utilised during Q4 FY26 (capped at ₹100 crore)
For airlines: up to 100% (capped at ₹1,500 crore per borrower)
Tenor of loan: 5 years for MSMEs/non-MSMEs (1 year moratorium), 7 years for airline sector (2 years moratorium)
Scheme applicable to loans sanctioned from date of NCGTC guidelines issuance until 31.03.2027

Record food grain production of 3,766 LMT in 2025-26, increase of 5.2% over 3,577 LMT in 2024-25
Total pulses production estimated at record 274.09 LMT in 2025-26, increase of 6.7% over previous year's ~257 LMT
Chana production rose by 12.6% to 125.14 LMT over previous year's 111 LMT
Moong production increased by around 6% to 44.92 LMT from 42.44 LMT
Lentil production grew by approximately 7% to 17.62 LMT from 16.54 LMT
Pulse imports declined from 73 LMT in FY 2024-25 to 60 LMT in FY 2025-26, nearly 30% reduction in import bill
Chana imports declined by ~51% in FY 2025-26 over previous year's 15.06 LMT
Stock of pulses with Government at ~43 LMT in May-26, highest level over past three years
Under PSS, procurement of over 5.34 LMT of Tur and 20.35 LMT of Chana procured so far
Potato production: 584 LMT against 586 LMT last year
Tomato production: ~227 LMT against ~205 LMT last year
Onion production: ~273 LMT against 307 LMT last year
Government set price stabilisation buffer target of 2 LMT for onion in 2026-27

As on 28 May 2026, wheat stock in Central Pool: 513 LMT against prescribed buffer norm of 275.80 LMT for 1 July
Wheat procurement during current Rabi Marketing Season reached approximately 350 LMT
Rice stock in Central Pool: 397 LMT against prescribed buffer norm of 135.40 LMT for 1 July
298 LMT of procured paddy yet to be milled and added to rice stocks

Department of Agriculture re-assessed Kharif-2026 requirement: Urea from 194.02 to 190.32 LMT, DAP from 59.17 LMT to 56.23 LMT
Total fertilizer requirement for Kharif 2026: 383.9 LMT
Current stock: 199.86 LMT (more than 52% of requirement)
Domestic production after crisis: Urea 63.67 LMT, DAP 8.89 LMT, NPKs 20.29 LMT, SSP 11.96 LMT
Import reached on Indian Ports after crisis: Urea 15.44 LMT, DAP 1.43 LMT, NPKs 6.30 LMT, MOP 4.45 LMT
Total 132.43 LMT fertilizers added through imports and domestic production after crisis
India secured approx. 25 LMT Urea, 15 LMT DAP and 10 LMT NPKs including AS for arrival in June-July
India issued global tender for procurement of 17 LMT Urea
Domestic urea production in May 2026: approx. 25.17 LMT, higher by 2.80 LMT compared to May 2025
Domestic DAP production in May 2026: approx. 3.86 LMT, higher by 2,000 MT compared to May 2025
10 Meetings of EGoS held till date to ensure fertilizer availability

During last 3 days: 1.22 Crore LPG cylinders delivered against bookings of around 1.21 Crore LPG cylinders
Online LPG cylinder bookings increased to about 99% on industry basis
Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) based deliveries increased to about 95%
Commercial LPG allocation reduced to 70% of pre-crisis level including 10% reform based
During last 3 days: about 1.8 Lakh - 5 Kg FTL cylinders sold
Since 3rd April 2026: PSU OMCs organized more than 17,150 awareness camps for 5 Kg FTL Cylinders
2.72 Lakh - 5Kg FTL cylinders sold through camps
Yesterday: 2527 - 5kg FTL cylinders sold through about 179 camps
May-26 month: total of 2,09,353 MT of Commercial LPG sold
Last 3 days: total of 22,641 MT of Commercial LPG sold
May-26 month: 8382 MT of Auto LPG sold by PSU OMCs, about 170% increase over Feb-26 month

LPG enforcement: 10 FIRs registered and 3 persons arrested across country in last 3 days
Petrol, Diesel enforcement: about 1300 raids conducted, 960 litres Petrol and 2194 litres Diesel seized, 18 FIRs registered, 7 persons arrested in last 3 days
Inspections at more than 460 LPG distributorships conducted, penalties imposed on 42 LPG distributorships
Inspections at about 1850 retail outlets conducted, penalties imposed on 19 Retail Outlets, 446 Retail outlets put under suspension

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: 8.56 Lakh PNG connections gasified, infrastructure created for additional 2.96 Lakh connections
8.78 Lakh customers registered for new connections
Till 31.05.2026: more than 77,800 PNG consumers surrendered their LPG connections via MYPNGD.in website

During May-26 month: about 14500 MT of C3-C4 Molecules and about 6100 MT of Butyl Acrylate sold to Chemical, Pharma and Paint Industry
Provision for C3-C4 molecules of 1120 MT/day from LPG pool made for Pharma, Chemical and Paint sector companies

Government reduced excise duties on petrol and diesel by Rs. 10/litre
Export levy reduced on petrol from Rs. 3 per litre to Rs. 1.5 per litre
Export levy reduced on diesel from Rs. 16.50 per litre to Rs. 13.50 per litre
Export levy reduced on ATF from Rs. 16 per litre to Rs. 9.5 per litre
Sale of petrol and diesel increased by more than 30% in many districts during May-26
Decline in sale of private oil marketing companies (-38%) and bulk sale of PSU OMCs (-29%)

Number of shipping services operating East of Hormuz and through Red Sea: 127 in February, peak of 257 in April, 245 services in May
DG Shipping Control Room handled 11,186 calls and more than 24,830 emails since activation
Last 72 hours: 345 calls and 732 emails received
Safe repatriation of more than 3,446 Indian seafarers facilitated, including 24 in last 72 hours