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India strikes back: India's grain, fuel stockpile prepare it for any crisis

As of early-2025, India is importing crude oil from 40 countries, up from 27 earlier

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Standards framed by the International Energy Agency recommend that member countries maintain reserves equivalent to at least 90 days of net imports. | Photo: Bloomberg

Sanjeeb MukherjeeSubhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

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With border tensions escalating between India and Pakistan, the country is sitting on a considerable stockpile of wheat, rice, sugar, and edible oils — a buffer that would serve it well in any emergency.
 
Crude oil inventories are also at comfortable levels.
 
Officials said India currently has a 70–74-day cover for crude oil and petroleum products.
 
While oil-marketing companies (OMCs) in the country have enough fuel to cover 60–64 days of national consumption, the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves (ISPRL) holds an additional nine and a half days’ worth of fuel, they added.
 
“OMCs have been ramping up the purchase of