New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India needs to focus on powering itself from within in the energy sector and strengthen its energy security and sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions and the proposed US 100 per cent tariff on countries buying Russian oil, Krishna Mohan Puvvada, Regional President, Novonesis Middle East, India, and Africa regional division (MEIA) told ANI on Wednesday.

"It is the need for us to have India powered from within. This is where the government's policies in terms of biofuels become very relevant, as to how we can make sure that we are self-sufficient and bring in that security to some extent," Puvvada told ANI on the sidelines of India Bioenergy and Tech Expo and 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Bioenergy a...