India, June 24 -- The West Asia conflict was a short-term supply chain problem, but it has taught that countries like India should diversify the sources of their energy needs, NITI Aayog vice chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri said on Tuesday.

Releasing the Eighth Edition of 'Trade Watch Quarterly', Lahiri further said he is hopeful that soon India and the US will finalise and sign a bilateral trade agreement.

He said the NITI Aayog has also suggested that when India negotiates a free trade agreement with any country or bloc, then it should include a chapter on pharmaceutical products. "So, it is like you have fever, but if it is influenza, you will not be very worried, you know," he said.

"In three days it will get all right, but if you hear...