New Delhi, March 22 -- The government decided on a range of measures on Sunday to ensure food, fuel and fertiliser security amid disruptions due to the conflict in West Asia, as a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled immediate and long-term steps to ensure the availability of fuel and diversification of imports of fertilisers and other essential needs.

Modi convened a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) as the conflict sparked by Israel and the US's attacks on Iran entered its fourth week, with oil prices rising above $100 a barrel, concerns growing about shortfalls in gas supplies, and countries around the globe bracing for a spike in living costs.

The meeting reviewed "mitigating measures" in the wak...