Energy Security Framework
India's Strategic Response
India's approach to energy security involves diversification across supply sources, fuels, and pathways. The Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) programme — implemented by Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL) under the Ministry of Petroleum — is the country's buffer against short-term supply disruptions.
- India's SPR capacity: approximately 5.33 million metric tonnes (MMT), stored in three underground rock cavern facilities at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Mangaluru (Karnataka), and Padur (Karnataka).
- SPR provides approximately 9.5 days of import cover — below the IEA norm of 90 days (India is not an IEA member but is an IEA association country since 2017).
- India's energy policy is anchored in Panchamrit commitments (COP26, Glasgow 2021): net zero by 2070, 50% non-fossil power by 2030, 45% emissions intensity reduction by 2030.
- Domestic oil production (~30–35 million tonnes/year) meets only ~12–15% of consumption; the balance is imported.
- India has accelerated energy diversification through: renewables (500 GW by 2030), green hydrogen (National Green Hydrogen Mission, 2023), electric vehicles (FAME scheme), and LNG import terminal expansion.
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