India, June 30 -- By Sahil Pandey

New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): India's strategic approach to energy security--characterised by deft diplomacy, aggressive diversification, and robust digital infrastructure--played a decisive role in shielding the country from the severe fuel price shocks and supply disruptions witnessed globally during the recent West Asia crisis, according to former Ambassador to the UAE, Sunjay Sudhir.

Speaking to ANI on how India limited domestic fuel price hikes to just 7% while the rest of the world grappled with double-digit increases, Sudhir highlighted the government's dual-pronged strategy.

"If you look at the rest of the world, prices really spiked... on average... the hike was about 25-30%," he said. "We...