New Delhi, March 5 -- Australia and Canada have offered to sell gas to India as the country looks for other alternative energy sources amid the escalating West Asia conflict, government sources said on Thursday. The government is scouting for alternative markets to buy gas, as India currently imports 195 million metric standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of gas, of which Qatar supplies 60 million mmscmd.

India is in talks with major oil producers and traders to buy crude and LPG. Sources said the government is in discussions with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). India is also in talks with the US to get insurance for ships.

The country recently signed a new contra...