The Congress on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India’s growing dependence on imports of crude oil, LPG and natural gas, questioning the government’s push for self-reliance.
“The gas promised grandly by Mr. Modi has remained just that, gas,” Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh told X, pointing to India’s dependence on natural gas imports.
“Between 2014-15 and 2024-25, India’s dependence on crude oil imports increased from 84% to 90%.
Between 2014-15 and 2024-25, India’s dependence on LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) imports increased from 46% to 62%,” Ramesh said, adding “all this when the mantra was supposed to be Atmanirbharta, or self-reliance.” The story of natural gas he said.
