New Delhi, March 27 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday raised concerns over India's increasing dependence on crude oil, LPG, and natural gas imports, despite the Central government's ongoing rhetoric of self-reliance, or Atmanirbharta.

In a post on X, Ramesh highlighted alarming statistics about the country's growing reliance on foreign energy sources, accusing the government of failing to meet its energy independence goals.

"Between 2014/15 and 2024/25, India's dependence on crude oil imports went up from 84% to 90%. Between 2014/15 and 2024/25, India's dependence on LPG imports went up from 46% to 62%. All this when the mantra was supposed to Atmanirbharta," Ramesh wrote.

He further wrote that "the natural gas story is murkie...